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PREFACE 


\r  Uk'  Jlhiit-.ati'J  /i\/>/rss  of  tlii^  city,  date  of  J.iiiuary  26.  1S90.  1  had 
llif  jiiiv  il':};c.  in  an  arlick',  of  showing  a  location  supposed  by  nic  to  Ik." 
tlie  |ila(C  when-  ilic  vessel  of  i.a  Salle,  the  "  (Iriffon,"  was  constructed  in 
the  year  i67(),  and  liy  which  agcncv  lie  intended  to  explore  the  Western 
Lakes,  and  ii  possible  to  find  an  outlet  by  water  to  China  and  tlie  Indies. 
.Since  its  p\ibhcation  1  ha\e  l)een  in  receipt  of  several  conimunicatit)ns 
leunvdiiiL'  this  and  other  sn])posed  sites.  i'here  l)eing  such  a  diversit}'  of 
opinion.  I  have  ileternuncd  to  re  write  the  article,  in  part,  adding  all  the 
knowledge  regarding  this  >ubiccl  that  1  ha\c  been  able  to  obtain  lYoni  any 
Sonne  and  in  full,  in  order  nciw  to  defnutely  determine  the  site,  as  the 
uiarc  h  of  iinprovi'nu'nt  is  rapidly  nearing  this  particnlar  spot,  and  in  a  few 
\eais  the  few  liist>)ri(  a!  places  of  this  sec*''>"  will  ha\e  been  entirely 
i)i>literalcd.  1  his  f\]ilanation.  with  the  title  page,  gives  stifticient  reason 
for  the  a|i])earancc  of  tiiis  book. 

A  word  as  to  the  ilibhogiaiihy  at  the  end,  tor  to  be  e\a<  t.  I.a  Salle, 
separate  Ironi  I  lennepin.  should  not  I  hj  included  in  the  Mibliograjiliy  of 
the  latter  but  in  history  liic  two  persons  are  so  (  loselv  allied  that  it  seems 
natural  and  piopi  1  that  the  works  treating  of  each,  historical  or  legendary, 
shoulil  become  as  one.  I  |ion  this  idea,  thev  have  been  included  in  the 
list.  As  a  inattei  of  leferer.ce  it  is  to  lie  hoped  that  it  may  prove  a  helj) 
to  the  student  ot  the  historv  of  those  jiioneers  in  the  New  France. 

Ill  making  up  this  retereiu  e  list,  which  is  admitted  to  Ik- still  inconi])lete, 
the  toliowinL,r  have  lieeii  <  onsulted  :      .\lr.    |oseph  Sabin's  valuable  Index; 


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TO  LA  SALLE'S  MEMORY. 


A  MONUMENT  VVtIlfRl:  THH   (.RIFFON  WAS  BL'ILT 


C(>NTKASTL|)   WITH    A    MODKKX    VIKW.  '     '-•> '''-^X  INf, 


J  he  stucicnl  ,.1  the  early  hisforv  of  that  portica  of  this 
country  uhich  borders  upon  the  St.  Laurence  and  u-estern 
chain  ol  lakes,  hnds  no  names  more  indelibly  connected  \yith  it 
than  th(,seol  Rene  Robert  Cayelier,  Sieur  de  La  Salic,  hi.  ally 
Cheyalier  Henry  de  Tonty  and  Father  Louis  Ilenneiun  the 
missionary  and  spiritual  adyiser.  At  Fort  Frontenae  and  yi- 
cinity.  also  dunnu  his  exploration  on  the  Mississippi  until  his 
assassination  upon  the  Trinity  Riyer  in  ALarch,  ir,8-  he 
cyi.iced  that  indomitable  will  vyhich  has  eyer  been  allied  to 
suecess. 

La  Salle  was  I.,.rn  at  Rouen,  in  164;,  and  was  of  an  old  and 
respected   family.     His  father  was  a  well-to-do  merehant,  and 
occupied  an   honorable   place  in   the   i,nft  of  the  state      "La 
Salle-   was  the   title  of  the  estate  held   by  the  family  and  was 
bestowed  up<.n  him,  as  was  often  done  to  members  of  families 
of  stand, i,n-,  as  a  distin-ulihed  mark  of  esteem.     ^Lan^    pcr- 
s.uis  hay,- thus   in  alter    life    been    known    by  a  different '  name 
Irom    that  nxeived    in    baptism,  and   which   they    haye   made 
_lamf)us  or  infamous;  in  the  case   of  Robert   Cayelier,  it  was 
the  former,  !,)r  the  name  of  Fa  Salle  will  always  in  tliis  por- 
tion of  the  new  world  be  held  in  admiration. 


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As  ;i  VDiilh  L.i  Salle  e\iiirc(l  an  aptitude  lor  the  hit^her 
branches  ol  mathematus.  and  at  an  early  ag^e  conceived  a  pre- 
dilection tor  the  piiesthood  and  was  tor  a  pt,ri(/(l  eMiplo3'ed  as 
a  teacher.  Althout^h  he  respected  the  order  with  which  he 
was  connected,  yet  Ins  youthful  siiiril  would  not  brook  t!ie 
single  line  ol  duty  as  marked,  without  any  thous^ht  on  his 
part.  Self-willed  and  anibiticnis,  his  nature  was  too  intracta- 
ble to  bend  nn|)licitly  to  its  stern  decrees.  Mis  ambition  was 
also  above  the  daily  routine  duties  of  a  mcrciiant,  or  servitor 
at  court. 

The  intense  loui^ini,^  for  adventure  in  those  days  of  discov- 
ery and  concjuest  was  further  fanned  inti;  llanie  wdien  the 
fabulous  talcs  of  nature's  at)undance  in  the  newly-discovered 
countries  were  rt.-cfted  I)\  the  returned  adventurers.  In  addi- 
tion, an  eldei"  brother  was  a  priest  in  the  New  France;  to  him 
he  ca'ne,  not  however  witlout  a  settled  purpose  for  future 
explorations,  as  he  undonbtedlv-  bei^an  to  study  the  features 
ot  the  conntr\ ,  habits  of  tlie  Indians,  and  their  different  dia- 
lects. 

The  priests  ol  .Saint  Sulpiee.  to  which  order  his  brothei 
bclon^fcd,  wishiui;'  to  stieui^theii  their  line  of  defense  ai^ainst 
the  predators-  triiies  of  Indians,  sold  to  actual  settlers  lands 
upoii  easv  terms,  and  La  .Salle  was  olfered  a  lai"ge  tract  neni- 
the  rapids  ol  L.i  Chine,  seseral  miles  distant  from  Montreal. 
llavin<^  his  ol)]ecl  still  in  view,  notwitiistandinir  his  apparent 
indilference,  he  courted  the  visits  oi  the  I  roijuois,  and  was 
told  by  them  of  the  -.ast  ti"a(^t  of  country  Ivimr  to  tiie  west, 
and  which  was  ti'av:  -ed  bv  .111  iiiiUiense  ri\cr,  w  liose  nionth 
could  onlv  be  readiest  b\-  iournt.ys  ot  manx-  Uionths.  Idiese 
stories  were  undoni)^  ul\-  embellisluMl  by  the  narrators  when 
they  perceised  tin.-  eilect  u|)on  their  listener,  and  thc}-  only 
served  ff'  lire  his  delermination  to  immediate  action.  Dream- 
inir  of  this  western  passaj^e  wdiich  might  lead  t<i  China,  and 
ambitions  ol  proving-  ir,  he  sold  his  jiossessioiis  fur  enough  to 
Iniy  a  lew  canoes  and  the  necessar\-  supplies,  and  hiring  a 
do/^en  men  to  navigate  th<-m  he  started  for  tiie  great  region  of 
the  unknown  West,  in  [(^;i:,.  Alter  his  exploration  had  pre- 
sented to  him  the  absurdity  ot  the  theor»-  wl  the  great  western 


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fiver.  a,i.|  h;.(l  disclosed  tl,,-  (art  t)l  its  liavii.cr  a  soiitluTii 
t«"»l('n,  V,  he  then  th..u.-hno  be  able  to  Hnd  its  outlet,  build 
defenses  at  its  mouth,  and  take  possession  of  the  territory  in 
the  name  o!  France.  JJnt  with  all  this,  Canada,  to  his  mind 
must  stdl  be  the  outlet  of  the  -leat  fur-bearing  re-ion.  and  t(. 
obtam  this  end  some  one  ol  inlluence  there  must  be  identihed 
''■'"'  ''"^■'  "^  t'"^  I'l-oject.  This  i,e  iound  in  the  person  of 
(  ount  hn.ntenac.  who  h:u]  lately  been  appointed  Govern<H-  of 
(  anada  ,10;;,)  and  who  at  this  tune  had  his  attention  .also 
turned  touards  the  western  re-ion.  Mearin-  of  this  I  a  Salle 
entered  he:.rti!v  into  the  project  ;  entireU  destitute  of  funds 
but.  Idled  with  the  deli.ohls  of  having  an  ailv  so  powerful,  he 
at  once  joined  with  him. 

I'iie    antipaliiN    wiiich   the   lro(iuois   possessed     toward     the 
Irench  m  (  onsetpien-e  of  the  latter  occupvin-   theii     huntm.-- 
and  lishinu-  territory,  and  the  desiiv  of   the    French    to   obtain 
control   of  the  fur  trade  of   the   upper  conntrv   of   the    Lakes 
to.irether  with  an  attack  upon  them  f)v  the  Indians,  some   time 
previous,    had  insti-atefl  Courcelle.    the    h)rmer  srovernor.    to 
IHiifion  tlu-  Km-  lora  h)rt    upon    Lake    Ontario;   but    hronte- 
n;ic.  hem-  ;,  num  of  ener-y.  started  in  to  anticipate  any    tarch 
,i,Mant.  and  under  the  -uise  ol  makiii-  a  tour  ol  the  country    m 
that    vicinity,   he  in  June.  1673.  left    Montreal    with    a    retinue, 
visited  the  place  desioned  for  the  fort,  held  a  -,-and  reception' 
for  tlie  natives,  and  when  the   engineers   had   quietlv    marked 
the   oiound,   coiiimeiKed   to  cut  dtnvn   trees,    and    before    the 
astonished  In.lianshad  comprehended  these    maneuvers,    pali- 
sades had  l)een  driven  and  (piite  a    respectable    structure   of  a 
h'rt  had  l)een  erected  of  lo-s.     The  (.overnor  told   them    that 
;iil   these   preparations  were  .solely  for  their  benefit,    that    this 
was  a  store-house  where  at  all  times  thev  could  bin   their  pro- 
visions, without  the  neressity  of  traveling  hundreds   of   miles, 
as    heretolore.      Folluwin-     the     erection     of     this     fort      the 
opi)onents    ol    Frontenac  forw.'.rde.l  pc  t  itions  to    the    Kin-   to 
h:ive  it  flemolished.  and  it  was  onl\   alter  La  Salle,  m  l674rhad 
U^oiie  to  I'r.ince  in  order  to  present  the  tacts  m  the  case  to  the 
Kin-,  thai  ii  was  allowed  to  staml. 


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petitions  were  ^i anted  ;  iirsi.io  I'Minhnrse   the  ijoNt.'i-noi    the 
ct)St  ol  tilt  ioit,  and  also  to  iiiaiiitain    it    at    liis  chavue    with    a 


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These  offers  were  acccpt(.'(-L  Th.e  Kin.u  also  conlerred  upon 
La  Salle  the  rank  of  noble,  j^^ranted  him  the  iort  and  lands 
Siirroundiiii;-  the  same,  subject  always  to  the  jurisdiction  of  the 
Li'ON  ernoi- mI   t  he  province. 

Thus  we  see  I'im  a.-  a  prospi-rons  jiropi'ietor,  and  il  he  had 
been  content  to  cout'Mue  as  such,  throwing:  aside  all  kirther 
ambition  as  an  exi)lorer,  he  would  tlu-i-'altcr  have  bciu  hnown 
in  history  as  a  tradei . 

As  soon  as  pr<)sperit\-  comes  to  a  |)ersoii  then  commences 
persecution,  and  La  Salic  was  not  an  exception,  lor  alter 
iiunicrous  trials  and  pettv  artilices  to  cnlr.ip  him  and  lure  hiiu 
to  commit  himself,  so  that  (jcu.isiou  couhl  lie  lound  against 
him.  he  was  aji'ain.  in  1077,  ol)li<rcd  to  \isit  l'^"ance  to  maintain 
his  rights.  His  mission  on  this  occasion.  ;is  befcjre,  was 
entirely  successful,  as  King  Louis  of  France,  on  the  12th  da\ 
of  Maw  i'^>7.S,  granted  in  addition  a  p. item  "  to  discover  all  the 
western  part  ol  New  li\mi;i\  through  which  a  wa}'  ma\'  be 
lound  into  Me.xito,  niuler  the  same  conditions  as  ot  i'ort  h'ron- 
tenac  in  i^v.^-'  NVhile  in  l-'ramx'  he  obtained  considerable 
money  to  enable  him  t(j  carrv  out  these  explorations.  The 
Prince  de  Conti  recommended  IL'nry  de  Tont\ ,  an  Italian,  as 
a  valuable  assistant  in  the  work,  together  with  La  \lotte  de 
Lussiere,  and  upon  La  Salle's  arrival  at  Fort  !•  lonteuac,  he 
found  F\'Hlier  Louis  Henne()in  at.  the  Iort  as  a  Recollect  friar, 
who  had  come  to  join  him  and  ardently  entered  in^o  his  plans. 

Previous  to  this  date,  the  French,  to  have  better  control  ol 
the  trade  of  the  Lake  Oiitaruj,  also  to  lacilitate  connuerce, 
had  built  a  brig  of  ten  tons,  and  m  order  to  carry  out  the  plan 
of  exploration  upon  the  u[)per  lakes,  one  ot  a  larger  capacity 
was  designed  to  be  built  abo\e  the  F^dls  of  Niagara.  La 
Salle,  as  has  been  men! loned,  had  the  good  fortune  to  have 
associated  w  nil  him  in  tins  work  a  ivw  kindred  spirits,  such 
as  De  Tonty,  La  .NL^tte  and  Henneiiin  ;  thi)ugh    if    we  accept 


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^"^'1    for  .    .    vcars    has    been    fhrou,,    around     llnuHvin's 
-H.-ca.u,.    asliistoruuio,   tl....-X.wrH^^^^^ 
;^     -^Miuny     asou^cxploriuuparlsofthcsamc   that    la 
Salic-  clu    not  visit,  has  fully  iclcutir.cd  Ins  name  with  U    ad 
lon^asthch.storvol    thcFallsof   Niagara  and   t   e  t   1^ 

;>'''-('n'''>M.s, old.  will, he  iKuneolPa.h.r  Louis  flc^^^^^^^^ 
•cMiiain  identitied  with  them.  >t^niicp.u 

The  object  of  this  ,, ape,  is  not  ,o  recount  the  whole  historv 

^         e  cxplon-r  I   .  Salic.  1,„  ,o  present,  for  the    consideration 

'  "'^'  !'<-!>— "l—iav    the  obligations   they  arc   und^-r   to 

cries  .   and  also    or  ihe  purpose  of  placing-  on  record  ,hc  exact 
spo    where  the  keel  ol  the  hrst  vessel  was  laid  that    na    i-^at 

e  bhuMvaters  of  our  own  Lake  I^nc;  and  to  excite   an!' 
K  rising  pneranon  a    desire   ,o   luipetuate  the  memorv  <;i 
flKse    explorers    bv   crectii,o;,    1,,    a    popular    subscription     a 
monun.ent  ^-hich  shall  mark  the'sj.ot  lo'  all  time 

^"eol  the  views  accompanying;  this,  show   thr   site   of    the 
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This  view  was  published  only  25  years  after  the  vessel  had 
been  built,  and  as  it  is  the  only  view  known,  there  is  a"  proba- 
bility of  Its  being,  in  some  particulars,  corrnrt 

In  order  to  test  the  matter  I  made  a  personal  examin.riou 
of  the  place  indicated  by  this  view,  and  to  mv  surprise  lound 
just  such  h.c^hand  low  .^^round  at  a  point  opposite  Cavuga 
Island  and  on  the  east  bank  of  the  little  Niag-ua,  which  forms 
the  channel  separating  Cayuga  Island  from  the  main  lond-  a 
photograph  was  made  of  the  place.  It  is  herewith  prt'- 
sented.'^  ' 

This  locality  is  upon   the   Augcvine    far.n    borderip..-   .;Mon 
the  (  hannel,  south  ol  the  Cayuga  Creek,  and  with  at  all  limes 
a  suitable  depth  of  water,  in  contradistinction  to  the   Cayuoa 
Creek  proper,  nearly  a  quarter  ol   a   mile  to   the  north    and 
which  has  steep  mud  banks  and  a  very  shalJMvv  bod  of    water 
and  in  many  places  partly  covered  with  rus'ies  and  weed.      ^' 
t  is  a  smgular  but  pleasing  facl  for  the  hiMonau   of   to-dav 
to  know,  thuc  notwithstanding  the  dumoes  inc.dcnt  1m   occu- 
pancy by  a  p(;pulation  as  progressive  as   ours,  and   upon  so 
magn.hcent  a  river  as  the  Niagara,  that  a   spot  so   fainuns  as 
this    should    have    been    spared    until    now.    untoue!>ed    i^v 
miprovemeni.     Such,  however,  is  the  fact. 

The  owner  of  the  estate,  Mr.  Jackson  Angevine  has  ^ener 
ons ly  stated  to  me  that  it  will  be  a  pleasure  for  him  to  d^.natc- 
land  sufficient  for  the  erection  of  a  testimonial  comnxmir.r- 
ating  the  event.  I  am  amvinced  that  this  is  the  true  iocalitv 
ana  for  which  1  hope  to  give  good  reasons  for  m>  d.awmp^ 
such  a  conclusion.  "  ^ 

Before  proceeding  further  wit!,  the  subjec,  1  w,.h  in  place 
before  the  reader  the  several  opinions  of  historians  and  other 
prominent  writers  regarding  the  loe-ality  of  this  h,siorie  ship- 
V  a  ret . 

The  first  record  is.  of  course,  ,n  llcnnepin-s  "Description 
de  la  Louisiane,  •  published  at  Paris,  in  i68j.  pp.  .r  4.  and 
45,  the  te.xt  IS  as  follows:  -^    "     4  .  4-    ana 


Tlic 


cv.ew  was  uken  December  30,  .SSy.   „o  years   al...T   ,l,e   <,nUu„    wn, 
and  at  that  time  there  was  not  any  snow  upon  the  gvonnd. 


null, 


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22 

•'.Apres  qu'il  eut  doniu-  ses  ordres,  iV  i)l;icr  les  ouvi-iers  au 
C'hantier  qui  cstoit  :ui  ticssus  clu  oraiul  Saiilt  dc  Niaj^ara,  pour 
la  structure  d"uiie  seconde  Banjue  .  .  .  nostrc  Navire  fut 
en  pcu  dc  temps  en  estat  d'estre  jette  a'l'eau,  iS:  I'ayant  ben  it 
avec  les  ceremonies  ordonnees  par  I'l^glise,  on  le  niit  a'l'eau, 
(luoy  cpril  ne  iut  pas  encore  acheve.  aim  de  le  garcntir  du  feu 
dont  il  csU)it  menace.  On  le  nomma  le  (rriffon."  Which 
translated,  reads  : 

•'After  he  (La  Sallei  has,:^iven  his  orders  and  transferred  the 
woiknian  lo  \])c  ship  \ard,  which  was  above  the  i^reat  Fall  of 
Niagara,  in  nrdcr  to  build  a  second  IJarque.  ' 

"  Our  \  essi'l  ui  a  shcjrt  time 'was  in  a  condition  ready  for 
launchin<r,  'V-  1!  :;..._)  with  the  ordinary  ceremonies  that 
the  church  prt'scribes  on  such  occasions ;  for  the  j)urpose  of 
protecting  it  from  the  tire  with  which  it  had  been  threatened. 
Its  name  was  the  Griffon."     .\gain  : 

In  the  N(}uvelle  Decouverte,  pa.  94:  "  Le  vingt  deu.xieme 
nous  nous  rendinies  a'deux  lieiies  au  dessus  du  grand  Saut  de 
Niaga'  i.  On  v  dressa  un  Chantier  ])our  la  construction  du 
\  aisseau,  dont  iioiis  avions  besoin  pour  notre  V'oiage.  Nous 
ne  pouvions  batir  dans  un  lieu  ]>lus  commode,  (pi'aupres  d'une 
Riviere,  qui  dtscendoit  dans  le  Detroit,  (|ui  est  entre  le  Lac 
|->ir.  \  le  grand  Saut."      Ti-anslated,  is: 

'•  On  the  2Jnd  ( Januai'j,  \f>7\i,)  \\c  proceeded  to  a  i)oint  two 
leagues  aboxe  tlie  great  Falls  of  Niagara;  there  we  put  up 
stocks  t(j  build  the  vessel  we  needed  for  our  vovage.  We 
could  not  construct  it  in  a  more  con\  enient  place  than  near  a 
river,  which  ilescended  into  the  stiaight,  which  is  l)etween 
Lake  h>ir  and  the  grand  Fall." 

Tin-  lollowing  is  from  the  tirst  English  translation  of 
1698  : 

On  the  .?jnd  u\  the  said  mcjuth  we  went  two  leagues  above 
the  great  Fall  ol  Niagara,  where  we  made  a  dock  for  building 
the  ship  we  wanted  for  our  voyage.  This  was  thj  most  con- 
venient place  we  could  jiitch  upon,  being  upon  a  river  which 
falls  into  the  strait  between  the  Lake  Erie  and  the  great  Fall 
of  ?Viagara." 


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All  at'coiinf  of  Moiis   Dp  f  i  '>;niu.'c  i.,  ^  i- 

mvPrir^inM     .1     '*"'^-."^/-'  ^^-'"t^-^  'i'^t  expedition  and  d 
CO  entsinNonh  Aiiienra  by   the   Chevalier   Tontv    I  ond< 

"M.  La  Salle  had  oivcn  orders  frMlnnldin- a    neu-   shin   o, 
|..^    bark,  and  our  n,en  workt  about  it  with^dl  the  d      len^ 

tij)./cn^_allj_u2:r,  ins(.nuich  that  thev   look'd    lil-r   -.   ,J   • 

-ith  t^ne  pol.shVI  marble.     .     .    Thi      eu  sht  h    '       "   ''""' 

•    I       1    /I  .  -I  nib  IK  \\    snip    t)eili<'"  np'ir  hi  n 

-hcd    Jan..o),.tK:  sent   ine   w,th   Hvc  men  to'vicw  The  co- s 
-ul    rheconntrvto    the    north    side    ol    the    lake,  above  "o 
fannies    from    Nia.^ara.       We  embarked    m    -uircanocs    n  n  d 
havm.^  rowed  two  days,  or  rather  sworn,  to  nsel^lT^.' 
Savau-es.  arrived  to  the  strai-ht  of  the  lake  I  lerie  - 

^H.Denontille.  a  French  Governor  of  Canada,  who  „,  . 
proclamation  dated  the  ^.st  day  of  Julv  ,6S-.  speaks  o  L- 
Salle,  having,  spent  some  time  above  the'-^reat  Fa  1  of  ii  .,,; 
wHcre  he  had  a  Bark  built,  uhich  navigated  lll^  Fn  ' 
n;.n)n  uKl  Illmo.s.  and  of  which  the  stock^.  les  che.ulers  '  e 
still  to  be  seen.-  Doc.  IJis.  N.  V.  Vol  ,  ,,,  ^  ^^"^'^'^^'^^-^'-^ 
H.Story  of  Xcw  York  bv  William  Smith  I-":'".,-!  S.  RH  . 
IS  14.     ^SpeakinoofLaSalle.savs:  '--  P^-  8o.  Ed.  of 

"^  h;s  enterprising  person  the  same  vear.    ,6;S,   launched   . 
bark  of  ten  tons  mto  the  lake  Ontario,  and  another  ,  ,   "  t  L 
he  year  after,  mto  Lake  Erie;  about  ud.ich  time  he   end       d 
with  palisad.,es,  a  little  spot  at  Xia-ara  "  '  '"'''"^^^' 

e  ^       t.'"^'^'^^^^       ^  ''^'^  -'    ^'^e  Lakes,  etc.,"  to  the  source 
o.  the  Mississippi,  ui  I820,  Ed.  of  i.sji     \|banv   \   V   n-. 
speaking  of  Buffalo,  says:  ^'ban;,  X.  ^  .  pa.  .,,  ,„ 

"  The  first  vessel  which  navio-ated  \  iln    \:,-;  .  ,      , 

this  vicinitv.  by  I  a  Salle   in  Vff  '  '''"   '^'"'^   "^ 

burden        \     arf  of  tt    .    k      ?'V  '   ^'^'"-  '  '^^'=^^^'  "^  ^'-^"' v  ton. 


falo. 

In  his  history  of -The  Inxiuois 
further  savs: 


Kd.  of    184;.   pa.   J89,   he 


24 

'  The  enterprise  of  La  Salic,  in  constructing^  a  vessel  above 
the  l"'allsof  Niai^ara,  n  1679,  to  facilitate  his  voyage  to  the 
Illinois  aiui  the  Mississippi,  is  well  known,  but  while  the  fact 
of  his  having  thus  been  the  pioneer  of  naval  architecture  on 
the  u|ipfr  lakes,  is  familiar  to  historical  readers,  the  particular 
/'/titr  of  its  construction,  has  been  a  matter  of  various  opin- 
ions. .  These  versions  result  in  a  measure  from  the  vague 
and  jailing  accounts  of  the  narrators,  whose  works  had  been 
constructed  in  some  instances  from  abridged  or  mutilated 
translations,  anci  not  from  doubt  or  ambiguity  in  the  mission- 
ary letters,"  pa.  jqi.  The  vessel  according  to  him  was  built 
•' two  leai' lies  al»ove  the  Falls,"  "on  the  South, banks."  From 
c\(.ry  cwimination,  there  can  l»e  no  doubt,  that  the  spot 
selected  nas  Cavuga  Creek, ■•  that  is  about  three  miles  above 
I'ort  .Sch josser." 

The  I  Ion.  Lewis  Cass,  ex-(iovernor  of  Michigan,  in  a  paper 
ri'ad  at  the  first  meeting  of  the  Historical  Societv  of  that 
State.  Sept.  i.^th,  iSjo,  states  that: 

'•  I'he  lull  (ompletion  of  this  discovery  was  reserved  for  La 
Sale.  He  was  a  man  of  genius  and  cultivated  talents.  Firm 
ill  ins  resohitioiis,  persevering  in  his  efforts,  full  of  resource, 
he  seemed  destined  to  enlarge  the  geographical  knowledge 
and  to  extend  the  dominion  of  his  countrymen.  I  ie  built  the 
first  vessel  that  ever  navigated  these  lakes.  .She  was  launched 
at  lu'ie,  ami  called  the  (iritiin." 

File,  Pa.,  or  Presqu'ile,  was  not  known  at  the  time  of  La 
.Salle  s  \isitaii'iii,  and  not  until  170^  was  a  post  of  defense 
erected  at  tlii-;  place  by  the  French.  At  this  later  date  thev 
iiia\  have  hniU  some  IJ.itteaux  for  their  use,  but  certainly  not 
earlu  r.  lidw  .,iich  an  intelligent  man  as  Cien.  Cass,  who  was 
intimately  accpiainted  with  the  c<nintry  and  its  history,  could 
have  made  such  a  statement,  exceeds  belief. 

The  histoiiaii.  1 1  )n.  deorge  Bancroft,  in  his  "  History  of  the 
United  Slates,"  first  Ed.  \'o!.  3,  pa.  i6j,  says:  "that  it  (the 
GrilToD)  was  built  at  the  mouth  of  the  Tonewande  Creek." 
Latei-  in  the  ]'a\.  of  1S5J,  Vol.  :?.  pa.  16^,  says: 

*  'lb:s  is  iUcjii  si  lutmi'iii  of  Ciivugii  Cretk  .is  I'ling  IJU'  site,  that  I  liavo  anywhere 
foinid. 


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"Near  tlic  n.oulh  „l  the  Cayuga  Creek  the  work  of  ship- 
building bcsan."  Subse(|uent  editions  of  his  have  the  same  cor- 
rectioii. 

•Tared  Sparks,  in  his  "  Life  of  Robert  Cavalier  de  La  Salle." 
series  ol  American  Biocrraphy,  Boston  1S44,  pa.  -M,  savs: 

"  Ills  present  aim  was  to  push  forward  with  all  speed  to  the 
west,  and  he  lost  no  time  in  makinn-  preparations  for  his  vov- 
a,oe. 

The  place  for  a  dock-yard  was  selected  about  tw..  lea-ues 
above  the  Falls,  at  the  outlet  of  a  creek  on  the  Western- '"^ide 
ol  Xia-ara  River.  Here  the  keel  of  a  vessel  was  laid  six- 
days  after  his  arrival,  and  drove  the  first  b..lt  with  hi'.  ,,wn 
hand." 

Richard  Ilildreth,  in  his  "History  of  the  United  States." 
A  ol.  2,  pa.  9*"),  says: 

.  .  "  Before  winter,  he  (La  Salle)  ascended  Lake  Ontnrio 
entered  the  Nia-ara,  and.  passing  round  the  Falls,  selected  a 
spot  at  the  loot  of  Lake  I-rie,  not  far  from  the  {.resent  site  of 
Bulfalo.  where  he  commenced  buildino;  the  Griffin,  a  bark  of 
".^'>'  ^'"'^-  •  ■  •  ^'-^ty  sailors,  boatmen,  hunters  and  sol- 
diers made  ii[)  the  compaii}-." 

"  American  Pioneers  and  Patriots." 
^  The  Advent ures  of  the  Chevalier  de  La  Salle,  \-c.,  by  [ohu 
S.  C.  Abbott.  1875.  pp.  97  and  98,  it  reads  : 

"  On  the  joth  o;  January,  i6;c^.  La  Salle,  with  his  long  train 
of  heavilv-laden  men  in  single  tile,  reached  his  large  log-cabm 
and  ship-yard  in  the  midst  of  a  den.se  forest  on  the  shore  of 
Lake  line.  They  brought  upon  their  backs  provisions,  mer- 
•  chandise,  ammunition,  and  materials  fen-  rigging  the  ves.sel 
The  dock-yard  it  could  hardiv  be  called  a  f()rt-was  about  six 
miles  above  Niagara  1-alls.  on  the  Westernf  side  <»f  the  river 
at  the  outlet  ol  a  little  stream  called  Chippewa  Creek." 

The  late  .Mr.  Orsamns  H.  Marshall,  a  life-long  resident  of  this 
eity,  and  a  painstaking  historian,  in  a  paper  read  before  the 
Historical  Society  of  this  city,  February  3,  1863,  gives  an 
account  of  the  "  Griffon,"  in  which  article  he  says :    / 

"■    riuit  means  llic  CanaJiun  side. 

f  fhiLs  following;  .Spaik.s' .sl.aU'nicnl,  > 


:<) 


"  I  listt-iiciiKs  have:  widely  ditT(;r<;d.  not  only  as  to  the  oiu' 
(site)  finally  selected,  but  ali^o  as  to  the  precise  point  wlicic 
the  keel  ol  the  historic  bark  .s-as  laid."  rhen  speaking  (;1  the 
"  !  lii^hrock,"  and  "  Three  Mountains,"  he  continues:  "  Two 
leaj^ues  above  the  i'alls,  we  hnd  the  Cayuga  C'leek,  a  stn  ani 
whicli  answers  perfectly  Hennepin's  description.  Opposite 
Its  mouth,  an  island  of  t'.ie  same  name  lies  parallel  with  the 
shore,  about  a  mile  long,  and  two  or  three  hundred  yards 
wide.  It  is  separated  from  the  main  land  by  a  narrow  branch 
of  the  rivei,  called  by  the  earlv  inhabitants  '  Little  Niagara.' 
wide  and  deep  enough  to  Hoat  a  vessel  of  the  tonnage  f)f  the 
'  (irilfon.'  Into  this  channel  and  opposite  the  middle  of  the 
island,  Mic  Cayuga  Creek  empties.  On  the  main  ^hore  )itst 
above  the  month  of  the  creek,  and  under  shelter  of  the  island, 
is  a  favornble  site  tor  a  ship-:  ard.  So  eligible  is  the  position, 
♦  hat  it  was  selected  by  the  United  States  Governnient,  iii  the 
early  part  of  the  present  century,  as  a  suitable  point  lor  build- 
ing one  or  more  \essels  tor  tiie  transportation  of  troops  and 
sui>plies  to  the  Western  ports.  For  ihat  reason  it.  was  kiunvn 
in  early  times  as  the  'Old  Ship-yard;'  and  local  traditions 
iiave  been  [treser\ed  in  tiie  nifUK^i  v  of  the  early  pioneers  of 
its  anterior  occupancy,  for  the  same  purpose,  by  the  French," 
and  in  a  ])aper  read  before  the  same  Society,  I'ebruary  27th. 
1805.  entitled  the  "Niagara  Frontier,"  pa.  415,  of  the  printed 
volume,  he  adds:  "The  same  site  was  selected  by  the  United 
States  (ioxernment  ab(»ut  the  year  1804,  foi'  the  construction 
of  a  small  sloop  of  tiftv  tons  burden,  called  the  '  Niagara,' 
which  was  used  lor  conveying  supplies  to  the  Western  pv)i  ts." 

Mr.  Francis  Parkman,  Jr..  a  histijrian  of  great  research, 
especially  as  regarding  the  early  French  history  of  the  West, 
in  his  "  Life  of  Pontiac,'"  1st  I"'d.  Boston  1851,  pa.  52,  in  speak- 
ing ol  this  enterprise  of  La  Salle';^,  says  ; 

"  Two  leagues  above  the  cataract  on  the  Western-  bank 
of  the  river,  he  built  the  hrst  vessel  which  c\er  explored  the 
waters  of  the  upper  lakes  Her  name  was  the  Grithn,  and  her 
burden  was  sixty  tons." 


' 


•ll'^>viiu:  Sjaik.,   slatcnn.nl, 


37 
In  the  m  Ed    \-„l.  ,,  ,„,  5S,  h,  „,,   „3  Cayuga  Ccok  ^s 
M.  supposed    s,ee  and  in  his  very  h.leicstin./work    ,  ,    ■  | - 
h  lie  and  ,he  Oiscvery  „f  t|,e  (ircat  Wetl  "  |.-,|  ,s- 

(Mevcnlh  lid,)p.i.  I,-,  says:  ' '^ 

"  That  i,  is  a  question  of  dehatc  which  si.h^  of  the  Nii.-r-, 
e     ,.s,  vessel  on  the  Upper  Lakes  was  builf.     A  elose  s^l 

j.Mhen,on.,,!;,a^;'-;^'"itie4':r^;;;^^ct;™'r^ 

allies  abONc  the  Fairs.     P^vceptin- one  or  two  small  bro(,ks 
there  ,s  no  stream   on   the   west  side  but  Chippewa  C       1 
which  Hennepm  had  visited  and  corrertlv  placed  T     )      \ 
leo.ue  from  the  Cataract.     I  lis  distanced  !^. '         N;^;!  ^I  -^ 
usually  correct.     On    the  east  side  there  is  a  strennT     I      i 
perlectly  answers  the  conditions.     This  i^  Ca^^  C    ek     wo  . 
Ua^m.  above  the    Falls,      inunediatelv  in   f^,nt  of       V 
-land  .dx)ut  a   nule  Ion,.,  separated  from  the  shore  1      a  na 
n^  and  deep  arm   of   the   Niagara,  into  which  the  Ca     "; 
CreeL  discharges  itsell.     The  place  is  so  obviouslv  suited  t 
iHU ldm<.  and   launching,  a  vessel  that  in  the  early  part  of  thi 
century    he  o-overnment  of  the  United  States  chose  it  for  te 
construction  of  a  schooner  to  carry  supplies  to  the  garriso  i' 
<       he  upper  lakes.     In  examining  this  and  other  localities  on 
tl  c  Niagara    I   have  been  ,.reatly  aided  bv  my  friend  ()    U 
Marshall,  o.   Buffalo,  who  is  unriv.lled  in^his 'knowledge     f' 
the  history  and  traditions  of  the  Niagara  Frontier  - 

John  Gilmary  Shea.  LL.  I).,  a  painstaking  historian  of  our 
country,  especially  of  that  relating  to  La  Salle  and  other 
rrench  discoverers,  remarks  : 

"The  site  of  the  stocks  where  the  -GrifTon'  was  bu.lr  was 
hxed  a  various  points  by  Bancroft,  Sparks.  Cass,  Schoolcraft 
and  ot  ers.  O.  H.  Marshall,  examining  the  matter  bv';he 
light  of  documents  and  topography,  decided  it  to  have  been 
at  the  mouth  of  Cayuga  Creek,  on  the  American  side  - 

in  a  _  work  entitled.  "A  Popular  ITistorv  of  the  United 
States,    cVc,  by  VVillia.n  CuUen   Bryant  and  'Sydncv  Howard 


;S 


Gay,  4  vols.,  puhlislicd  1>n  Charles  Snihiui's  Sons,  N.  Y., 
KS78,  \'o\.  2,  at  page  510,  it  it  ads: 

.  .  .  "Arriving  at  the  licad  of  Luke  (^ntailo  he  (La 
SalU')  niadc  the  portaj^o  by  Niai^^ara  Falls  to  Lake  V.v'w,  .iiid 
at  Fort  I'rontcnac  [sic\  he  hey;aii  lo  build  a  ship  ol  lorty-tive 
tons,  which  he  called  the  Ciriffon." 

Capt.  .Lini'-'f'  \  an  (."leve,  who  di'd  two  01  three  \ears  sinre, 
was  born  in  New  JerscN'  in  looS.  lie  fiinic  to  Lewislon,  N. 
v..  in  18J4,  and  lor  a  number  of  years  was  eotninander  of  a 
ve^'sel  on  Lake  Ontario,  and  later  was  ijeneral  ai:;ent  of  llie 
OiitariM  and  St.  Lawrence  line  ol  steamers.  A  lew  years  b(  - 
foi"c  he  died  lie  compilec'  a  valuable  in..!  uriicjue  volume  of 
drawiiii^s  witi'  manuscript  notes  of  historical  inti-rest  and  re- 
lalini:;' rhietlv  to  Lakes  Erii.  and  Ontario  an  I  t!ie  immediate 
conntr\-,  presentmg'  the  same  to  the  Historical  Society  ol  this 
city,  where  it  now  is  and  can  be  prohtahly  consulted  b\' 
lovers  of  local  history.  Li  this  bc^ok  he  makes  a  drawini;  ol 
rhe  Little  Nia,t;-ara  rmd  surrounrlinsjfs,  localinir  the  site  of  the 
"  Griffon's"  dock  on  th(>  Angevine  larm.  In  jj^'ivini!;'  his 
reasons  for  so  doin^-,  amcjiii;- other  arguments  he  ad\ances  in 
su|)|H)rtnig  his  opinions,  says  : 

"  Mrs.  Eli  Reynolds  now  (1S7'))  roiding  at  Niagara  Falls, 
aged  8^  vears,  remarkably  smart  and  intelligent,  siivs  her  father 
settled  with  his  lamilv  at  vScldosser  in  iSoS,  and  at  Cayuga 
Creek  in  1810;  was  well  acipiaintrd  with  ;tii  old  ship-carixMiter 
named  Smith  who  had  some  time  before  located  his  place  for 
work  upon  the  ground  upon  wliieh  \essels  had  been  built 
nianv  years  before;  that  old  blocks,  clii[)s,  and  rusted  remains 
of  small  articles  of  iron  were  found  under  the  surface  of  the 
ground,  and  that  trailition  aujcMig  the  Indians  was  that  the 
•  Big  Canoe'  ("  Griffon  ")  was  built  tlicre  bv  the  i-"iench. 

"'riK'  location  ol  the  (.Id  ship-v;i!(l  isaljout  half  a  ndlc  below 
the  head  ol  Cayuga  Islantl,  on  the  i)ank  of  the  small  channel 
sepaiating  the  island  from  the  main  land,  and  about  the  san.ie 
distance  above  the  mouth  of  Cayuga  Creek. 

"  The  old  ship-yard  was  a  more  favorable  sjuit  for  building 
and  launching  the  vessel  than  that  directly  at  the  mouth  of 
thf"  Creek,  where  the  land  was  low  and  marshy. 


^9 


Tl, 


'"    sli'I'Oiiid  was  u,. oil  land  now  known  •,.  tl„.    \ 
'•""1  ;  clescciul.mts  ol  (|nt   hmil.-  Aii-cv.nc 

'  '"'"^  ''""'ly  arc  now  (uS/M  liv.no- ujmh, 


i^I'runlains'  a(  Lcwiston  o„  .1.  7  •  7  '""  ^'"^  '  ^  '"■^•*' 


practical   man.  he 


'""^i-       '-'^  ^allo,  bcino-  a  scicntilic   -md 

was  WMliontanx  (|,,n|.,    ^,  I'-uLucai   man.  I,c 

for    1  'ui.  J  .'.''"  ''^^  ^:^'^^-'^  t'^«  ^^"^  as  ,h,.  safest  nlar^- 


'"'•    InnldiniT    his    vessel    in,!    n  \^  """""  ""' '^•"*'st  place 

Lewiston.  '"''    ^""^'^'"■^'"f    to    his    sni-phes    at 


''■'»"'  wliich  Doint  ',11  .,       r  ■"  '^'"^^'  Mountains,' 


N;^::t;::ro:::;::;:;::/';-;'^- -'-,,,  Le.,.o,.. 

HnHisI,  i„  ,-„     r        'V     '''=  °""l"c.st   ol    eann.la    In   ,|„. 

I  alls  and  „.t  ,,„,„  3,,,,  f)    ??„^;;     ;,  ^  ,77,"^"-   <'- 
qiient  V  found  fhrm  „-i        ..        r  ''incics  ol   iion  w^ere  iie- 

("r.    \a„  Clc,c.,  wli„   was  a   s..„  in-l,-.,,  )   ,i,,,    „.|„„ 


Ill'  liist  came  to  ( hieciiPtouii  ilir  <'tfl  tramway  piers  up  the 
•  riiici'  Mountains  ■  were  mostly  m  perfect  order.  haviiijLj  been 
used  more  or  less  by  the  French  ami  Eii,i,dish  loo  years,  167*;- 
17S0.  Thr  testimony  o|  these  ohi  officers  shcnild  be  quite 
conclusive  as  to  where  the  (jrilfon'  was  built,  as  they  were 
youuL,''  lieulenants.  |)robal)ly  .?3  years  old,  when  they  came  to 
Canada  with  h'reneli  t loops.  As  one  ol  'hem  (\\<i\  at  (jueens- 
town  in  1 7(>4,  at  the  a^e  ol'i/i.  they  |»rol)ably  came  lo  h'orl 
Niairara  .ibout  1730.  I  hat  wouhl  lease  but  tdty  years  be- 
!  ween  the  !)nilflin!X  <»'  tne  '  (.IrilTon  '  and  the  dale  i>l  their  com- 
ini;-  I'iltv  vears  in  the  absence  of  any  improvements  would 
nni  obliterate  all  trace  of  the  ship-yard." 

The  following;'  comnumications  were  either  cojued  from  tlu* 
liaiK'  pres^  or  receiveil  Py  nie,  as  the\'  will  show  : 

Ptufl'alo  Couriir,  Wednesday,  JiDiuary  ji),  iSgo, 
\.\  SALLK'S  \I-:SSRL. 

To  th'.'  Editi)r  of  the  Courier  :  K''<^ardm^  the  project  of 
erecting' a  momiment.  at  this  place  comuiemoi.itini;  the  buiidiiii^ 
of  the  Grittin,  by  the  Cavelier  de  La  Salle  in  \Ci~(),  as  de- 
scribed and  illustrated  in  the  last  Stmday's  lixpress,  the  idea 
is  a  good  one,  and  the  site  chosen  is  i;ood  enoui:^h  to  show  the 
monumcni:  off  to  advantage,  and  probably  near  enough  to  the 
"'.rue  locality"   lor  all  jUMCtical  })urposes. 

(iut  Mr.  Remington  seems  to  have  been  misled  in  arriving 
at  his  conclusions  as  to  the  "  true  localii}  '  of  the  building 
and  launch  of  the  Griffin. 

On  the  iiorth  or  lower  oank  of  the  Cavuga  Creek,  not  far 
from  its  mouth,  is,  or  was  for  it  has  been  built  over)  an  easy 
sandy  slope  of  about  one  foot  rise  in  ten,  back  from  the  wa- 
ter's edge,  with  a  depth  of  about  twelve  feet  of  water  oppo- 
site, and  from  there  and  for  -'.ne  distance  above  to  the  outlet 
of  thr  creek.  The  fact  of  such  a  locality  seems  to  have  es- 
caped the  knowledge  ()f  Mi.  Remington,  as  his  claims  to  hav- 
ing hjund  the  '  true  locality  "  are  {)artl\  founded  on  the  belief 
tliat  there  was  no  eligible  site  for  the  purp(;se  on  Cayuga 
Creek,  or  as  he  puts  it,  which  (creek)  has  steep  mud  banks 
and  a  vers  shallow  bed  of  water'" 


3' 

Havin-  thus  clis|,.,sr,l  n(  Cayu-a  Creek,  his  lurilier  cnncl,,. 
sinnsseetn   to   rest  on   the  lact   ol  a  man   now  sixty  vcars  old 
lavii.o:  seen  the  remains  of  some  old  iannch-ways  onhis  plnec 
'•^'ll  a  nnle  ii|,  the  river  Irom  the  monti,  ol    Cavu..-a  Creek 
wlu-n  a   1...V.  .,,,(1  u  ho  had   heen  lohl  that  the  chips  were  visi- 
ble a  feu'  years  |.re\iui,s.     That  was  cnlv  abont    Fifty  years 
n^o   or  about    ,6,,  ye.rs  alier  the   (.rillm'was  bmlt    that   the 
sk.ds  were  sfll    to  be  seen,  ami   aUmt    i.,o   years  old    lor   the 
chips       I  hey  must    have    been   relics  of  more   Jastin-   timber 
<  '.-m  has  been  loi.nd  here  in  recent  vears;  perhaps  of  some  ol 
>l'c-|.ahn   frees  pictured   in  the  illu-frati.m  of   Father   Ilenne- 
p.n  s  drawm,i,s  in  which  he  traces  such  a  striking  resemblance 
to  ins  chosen  "true  h)cality." 

INIr  Anfj^evine's  wood  is  above  par,  but  it  is  alto-ether 
probable  that  the  laimch-vvays  and  chips  he  describes  are  u( 
imich  later  on.irin  than  1679.  and  nn.st  likely  the  remains  ol 
'"♦•  buddmo-  ,,f  a  scho..ner  in  this  locality  by  the  United 
Mates  Government  n.  the  early  part  of  the"  present  century, 
to  carry  supplies  to  the  -a.risons  on  the  upi.er  h.kes.  Hven 
I  ;)se  would  have  been  pretty  old  skids,  as  such  thinirs  last 
lyin,i,-outon  the -round  in  this  climate,  when  >[!.  An<rc.vmJ 
came  on  deck,  and  all  traces  of  chips  must  have  thendisa,.- 
peared.  ' 

The  Lxst  authorities  a-,-ee  that  the  (Hithn  was  built  "at 
the  m.mth  ol  Cayu-a  Creek."  Admittin-  that  the  An^r.vine 
place  IS  near  enou-h  to  be  a  possible  site,  the  probabiliiies  are 
that  La  Salle,  on  comin-  to  Cayu-a  ("reek,  at  or  near  its 
molith.  found  either  the  spot  he  was  lookin-  lor.  or  the  hrst 
obstacle  in  his  way  since  fo.lin-  up  the  rugged  heiuhts  above 
Lewiston.  and  very  lik(dy  both. 

He  evidently  stopped"  when  he  came  to  the  creek,  or  he 
would  not  have  said  .so,  i)erhaps  never  mentioned  it. 

It  may  have  been  frozen  over  so  as  to  be  no  impediment, 
except  m  o-ettm- over  its  "  steep  mud  banks."  beincr  late  in 
•lanuary,  or  it  may  not  have  been.  He  never  toVded  its 
"very  shalio\(^  bed  of  water,"  anyway. 


MAI'  DRAWN   IJY   H.  S.  TOMPKINS, 

Til  bliuw  ])l.u.i,  where  lu:  tliiiiks  llif  "  (Jrilloii  "   \v,is  built. 


.?3 


'  I*'    'li'l    II  .it    liiivr    1(1   cioss   I'itlici    on    ll 
i;liil(lii'ii   ol    Isi.icl,  ilin.ii-li   ihc    U,..,|    Sea,  to   tiiid 
lulls  as  ^oo'l   .111(1 


!<•    iic,  or,  like    ll 


II" 


lurtluM'  (Ml. 


i'V(  II    hcltcr    lot    t!n-ii     pip- 


Dcatioii 


poses   111. Ill    aiiv 


II 


('IT  was  a  iiavl-alilc  sircim   llowiu..-  i 


'11 


WiTc  liKikiiisr  loi   lav   at    1 1 


iiio   .Mai'-ara    Kivci 


u'v  approaclicl    ii  ,>ii  ihc    n   nh   sid...     Siu  li  a  snol.  as   il 


ICII     l('( 


I.     \Vl 


ll.'V 


i\   canv  ilu'ii-  burdens 


lurtiuT,  I  veil   lh(HiL;li   llicrc   wiic   no   "  ,st 


the  wav,  aiul    li 


i'l'jt    iiiiid    I) 


ink 


III 


for,  besides  llu'ir  oil 

the 


iL'   lee   was  ,i,^o(Ki.^      I  Iie\    were    In  asdy  laden. 


icr  ('( 


|m|)inents,  were  thin^^s  to  he  usetl  in 


construetion   ol    ih-   diillin  as  well   as  if 


s   arinanRiit,  .uid 


we  are  t(.l(l   tli.it    live  cannon   look-d  otii   (,|   the  sides  ol   the 


Cirillin  alter 


slic  WI-,  lanmlK-d 


I  lad   tliev  eoni 


e     lowii   the   river  instead 


ol    iiji,  tlie\ 


iniirht 


possibly   jiave  stoi  .ped   at    Ann-evitie's   plate   in   pi 


preleniuc   to 


erossin,-;  the  cre(  k.  They  eertaiidv  would,  il  .laekson  h.id 
been  there  to  entertain  them.  .1.  An-evine  ne'.er  turned  ain. 
OIK-  away  unless  thev  wi're  tr\iii-  to  impose' on  liiiii,  bnt  \\v 
was  not  ".It  hoiiu  "  those  da\s,  and  thev  were  on  the  other 
side  ol  the  ereek.  'I'heir  host 
,i,Mns.  The\  t'lilei  (ained  as 
the  ot  her. 


s  were  the  tw 


well   on  one   sid 


o  Iriendlv    Molu'- 
(    ol    the  creek   as 


M  r.   l\iiniiij;|on  h.id  c\t'\y  ^ood 


reason  )o  cross  am!    iht    la- 


edities  lor  -ettiiii,-  over.  I/,  .S.dli^  had  lu'ither.  TontiV 
ener^yv  would  not  h.ive  ur-ed  hini  Uirtliei.  and  I  lemiepm  had 
earned  his  altar  strapped  iip.,ii  his  b.aek  Uill  lai'  enou-h. 
There  was  no  necessity  for  liirther  p:<)cediire, 

I  hey  eatne  n/  huf  to  the  mouth  ol   a  str(  am  which  entered 


the  Niairaia  River  t 


Tl 


wo  lea-ues  abo\c  the  cataract 


lere  i'ather  I  leimepin  set   up  his  altar    -or  rather  d 


own 


and  there  was  laid   the  hrst   keel  that  ever  plou^-d    Lake  !• 
and    all    the    driniii   ever 


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llemiiiLiton  s   ••  tru'.-   Id- 


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miliar  with   this   localitv  from  the  beijinninir  of  tips  ,riit 


md  wilh  its   histrrt 


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vioiis  to   that,  locate   the   |ilai  e  v.licie 


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(he    (jrilliii    \\;is    htiilt    on    llic    ikmIIi    or    lowrr    side    ol     ihc 

C'ayiiij^a  Ci"c\k,  just   a!)i)vc   the   railroatl    crossini:;  and   iiol    kir 

Iroiii  ils  nioulli. 

II.  S.  ]"( '\ii'Ki:;s. 
La  Salli',  J.iiiiiarv  27. 

1  llicii  addicssc'd  Mr.    Toiiiiikiiis  as  lollows: 

"Some  time  since  I  icad  an  article  Iroin  vcuir  pen,  in  tin- 
Courier  o!  this  citv.  (riticisint;-  my  article  in  the  Express  re- 
i^Mrdiny  the  site  ol   the  (iiilTon's  ship-yaid. 

'•Will  you  have  the  kindness  to  sketch  for  me  the  i)lace 
where  you  think  the  vessel  was  Iniill.  as  I  wish  to  have  all  in- 
lormation  [)ossihle,  at  th.is  late  date,  rei;;-ardin_i,^  the  true  site." 

April  (he  -Mst,  Mr.  Tompkins  sent  me  the  followini,^  maj)  ot 
the  place  that  he  supposed  to  be  the  correct  one."'^'  It  is  lo- 
catetl  just  soudi  of  the  iron  biitli,'-c  that  crosses  Cavu^a  Creek, 
on  the  road  to  Lewiston.  The  place  has  been  filled  in,  and 
upon  il  l)uddin,i;s  erected,  so  (hat  (he  former  contour  of  the 
,:;round  is  not  seen  now.  This  siiot  is  aK  .  about  a  (piarter  of 
a  mile  north  from  (he  Little  Niagara,  and  (;!i  the  west  Inuik.  of 
Cayni;a  Creek. 

From  The  li\f)r,'is  of  Mardi  ijth,  iSgo  :    ' 

WIlERf-   TilL   CRIFIIN    WAS   ni'lLT 

Editor  Buffalo  Ivxpress  :  I  have  read  with  interest  (he  lecent 
articles  in  the  Buffalo  press  relative  to  the  exact  point  where 
La  Salle  built  the  Griffm.  As  a  native  of  Niaj^ara  Coun(v, 
havino-been  born  not  far  from  Cavuo:a  Creek  in  1816,  and  reared 
on  a  larm.  roamed  as  a  farmer's  boy  far  and  wide  over  that 
counlr\,  up  to  iS;;,  1  took  some  note  of  (he  make  of  the 
land:  w.is  will  ac  (piamteil  with  (he  neii^hborhood  of  Cavu^ja 
Creek,  where  it  empties  inio  a  branch  of  Niai,aira  River, 
which  Hows  around  Cayui^a  Island,  and  1  distinctlv  remember 
the  Old  River  Road  where  it  crossed  the  Old  Militarv  Road 
at  Cayu.^-a-Creek  l)rid,<j:e.  Travelers  on  their  wav  from  Lake 
Ontario  up  Niao;ara  River  also  had  to  cross  Gill  Creek  nearer 
the    Falls.     In   Father   Hennepin's  account   ol   the    arrival   of 


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35 

La  Sallc  from  Oucboc  in  fhc  \cai-  i6;S,  comin-  „,,  ,he  Hvcr 
a  part  of  his  company  came  to  the  foot  ol  tiic  rapids  at  Lewis- 
ton.  Here  lie  established  a  tradin.i^r  p,,st  upon  the  present  site 
ol  I'ort  Nia.i,^'ir;i.  Some  tliirty  miles  larthrr  up  the  liver,  and 
six  or  seven  miles  above  the  I-alls.  at  the  mouth  of  Cayna;n 
Creek,  "the  work  o(  ship-buildin,L,r  was  immediat-.-lv  com- 
menced." -'riie  keel  of  a  small  vessel  of  sixtv  tons  [jurthen 
WAS  \ah\  dX  X\\v  mouth  of  Cay ui^m  Creek r  Here,  on  the  west 
iiank,  not  far  from  the  entrance  of  the  Cavu.^a  into  the  "  Lit- 
tle River"  which  surrounds  Cayui^^a  Island,  is  i^^-ound  admir- 
ably  adapted  to  the  launchincr  of  a  '-small  vessel."  witli  sufti- 
cient  depth  of  water  in  the  creek  to  float  hei  thence  to  the 
river,  and  there  api)ears  to  have  been  no  .)biect  for  crossim,^ 
the  creek  to  seek  a  better  place  farther  up. 

VVhen  it  is  remembered  that  l)elore  the  I-ievolutionarv  War 
ol  I. -75  no  wao-on-road  had  been  opened  Irom  T(Miawan(la 
Creek  to  Niagara  Falls  alonj^r  the  river,  it  seems  quite  plausi- 
ble that  La  Salle,  with  his  explorino- company,  lookino-  |,,i-  :, 
i,^ood  place  to  launch  a  small  vessel  oi  sixtv  tons  burden, 
should  choose  his  ship-yard  on  the  first  i^orul'saie  .i^round  to 
be  met  with  on  the  route,  which  certainlv  was  met  i)cf>re 
crossiti^i^  Cayuga  Creek. 

If  the  public  eye  is  to  be  attracted  to  this  place  bv  a  monu- 
mental sign,  why  not  place  that  sign  as  near  the  locality  where 
the  Criifin  was  built  as  existing  facts  will  indicate? 

What  though  an  old  ship-yard  existed  farther  up  where 
'•skids"  etc.,  were  to  be  seen  laier  (probably  a  heavier  craft 
built  there  l)y  the  present  Government),  no  historic  fact  ought 
to  be  peiverted  thereby.  '  he  oldest  inhabitants  wen  remem- 
ber th.it  sixty  years  ago,  en  the  iiorth  (or  wes, )  bank  ',[ 
Cayuga  C^-eek,  near  its  irw.ih,  only  undergrowth  '!>-'.,•, 
|trincipally  ash,  chestnut,  etc.,  existed  ;  indicating  that  aioiig 
th;il  bink  of  tlu  creek  the  large  timber  had  bee:;  reino\cd 
longag'..  while  the  diy.  sloping  bank  answers  ail  objection:, 
that  might  !>'•  raised  to  that  locality  is  the  pia<;e  w  iure  L.'i 
Salle  actually  built  and  laiiiiclicil   1  he  ( irifdn. 

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In  noting  this  article  I  wrote  Mr.  Wilnier  :is  follows : 
Dear  Sir — V^)ur  communication  to  the  Express,  publislied 
in  its  issue  of  March  gtli  regardiii-^  the  question  of  site  where 
the  "Ciritfon"  was  built  has  been  read  by  me.  Will  vou  have 
the  kindness  to  make  a  drawing;  of  the  spot  vou  mention  uui 
th(- surroundings,  as  nearly  as  vou  r.iav  lemember  when  \<)u 
knew  it,  together  with  such  memoranda  as  you  clioose  to  add 
to  that  already  published  in  your  article,  sending  the  same  to 
me,  and  greatly  oblige. 

March  17,  1890, 

Tnder  date  of  March  22,  at  Williamsvilie,  N,  Y.,  he  i-ejilied 
as  follows  : 

"  Yours  ol  late  date  came  to  hand  duiing  mv  absence  from 
home.  Since  my  return  1  have  recurred  to  the  ma.tter  Ironi 
l)ersonal  recollection  only,  but  will  ask  a  little  time  till  I  visit 
my  older  brother,  wlio  lesides  in  the  locality,  as  well  as  others 
interested  in  the  matter.  1  send  you  a  roe.gh  sketch  ol  sur- 
veys made  in  that  locality  for  other  ])ur[)oses. 

"When  we'  read  Hennepin,  with  the  natural  facts  to  guide 
us,  our  conclusion  is  that  the  \essel  was  built  on  the  westerly 
bank  of  Cayuga  Creek,  tl.at  being  the  first  and  most  conven- 
ient l)ank  arrivcfl  at  on  his  trip  in  search  of  a  "food  i.lacc  for 
the  purpose  of  '  building  and  launching  a  small  vessel."  "' 

Lat(  1"  1  i-ecei\  ed  this  : 

"  In  my  last  I  forgot  to  indicate  the  Magnetic  Meridian. 
Cayuga  Creek  enters  the  Little  River  /rcw  the  North.  h\  a 
southeasterly  course,  Niagara  River  having  here  a  due  west- 
erly course." 

This  from  a  friend  residing  in  C  anacUi  • 

"  \  ou  have  been  kiiul  enough  to  send  me  the  Sunday  I'.x- 
pre^s  {)[  January  26,  containing  an  article  on  the  monument 
which  it  is  proposed  to  erect  to  the  meuK^rv  of  La  Salle  at  the 
village  of  La  Salle. 

"  I  have  examined  the  cut  representing  a  facsimile  of  the 
original  engraving  in  Hennepin's  work  showing  the  building 
of  the  'Griffon'  with  much  interest,  and  I  cannot  help  regard- 
ing it  as  tlie  strongest  argument  which  I  have  vet  seen  in 
fa\orof  the  Chippewa  Creek   being  the   real   site   where  the 


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vessel  \v;ts  constnutLd.  Tlic  suiili<;hl  .iiid  shadows  cast  u\nm 
and  \)\  llu-  Ii54;ii]cs,  Irrcs.  Ijoat  and  hills,  to^ctlier  with  the 
hcij;hl  ol  tlic  laltcr  w.iuld  suit  the  south  side  of  the  Niagara 
River  only. 

"  What  is  your  own  opinion  of  the  cut?" 

Regarding  t!iis  e\[)ression  from  my  Canadian  friend  I 
reply  that  the  point  is  not  well  taken  as  regards  the  light  and 
shadows.  If  reference  is  made  to  the  maj)  of  the  Niagara  in 
this  volume,*  which  embraces  the  two  creeks  in  cpiestion, 
namely  the  Cayuga  and  the  Chijjpewa,  it  wdl  be  perceived 
that  both  have  the  same  direction:  The  Chippewa  flowing 
northeasterly  into  the  Niagara;  the  Cayuga  (lowing  south 
with  an  inclination  to  the  west,  into  the  Little  Niagara,  the 
so-called  channel.  The  shadow.s  at  cither  place  on  the  south 
or  east  bank,  and  also  at  the  Angevine  farm,  would  he  i)re- 
cisely  the  same  angle.  The  point  raised  does  not  prove  anv- 
thing,  and  further  the  fact  is  sutficienfly  established  that  the 
CirilTon  was  built  on  this,  the  east  side  of  the  Niagara. 

Having  exhausted  the  records  of  history  and  opinions  of 
others  regarding  tlie  site  of  the  dock,  we  now  proceed  to  give 
what  we  think  sufficient  reason  to  admit  that  the  present  An- 
gevine farm,  or  "Old  Shi[)-yard,"  on  tlie  Little  Niagara  is  the 
place  that  was  selected  by  La  Salle  in  1678. 

The  account  by  Hennepin  is  meagie.  La  Salle  transfers 
his  workmen  to  the  ship-yard  which  was  above  the  Cireat  Fall 
ol  Niagara,  and  "which  could  not  be  in  a  more  convenii-Mt 
place  than  near  a  river  that  descended  into  the  stiaii^ht, 
(meaning  the  Niagara,  which  is  the  only  straight  connecting 
Lakes  Rrie  and  Ontario,)  which  is  between  Lake  Lrie  and  the 
Great  l-'.dl." 

The  first  linglish  tianslation  of  llenne[)in  in  1698,  itwenlv 
years  after  the  building)  reads:  "  being  upon  a  River  which 
tails  into,"   etc. 

In  the  translation  of  1698,  of  Chevelier  Ilenrv  De  Tonty"s 
account,  he  says:  "but  the  cold  was  so  excessive,  that  not 
only  rivers,  but  even   those  vast  lakes  were    frozen   all  over," 


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etc.  II  tliis  was  so,  the  Cavu<j^a  Creek  certainly  would  be  no 
better  tor  vessel  building  than  the  land,  and  we  may  reason- 
ably suppose  that  the  Little  Niagara,  or  channel,  would  be 
preferable,  as  being  more  apt  to  feel  the  effects  of  a  loosening 
of  the  ice,  i(  at  all  obstructed. 

VV^e  pass  over  the  records  of  Messrs.  Smith,  Schoolcraft, 
Cass,  Bancroft,  Sparks,  Ilildrcth,  Abbott,  Bryant,  and  others 
as  not  of  authority,  some  of  whom  correct  their  first  state- 
ments in  subsequent  editions  of  their  works,  as  Mr.  Francis 
Parkman  in  his  earlier  edition  committed  the  same  error,  but 
later  takes  his  cue  from  Mr.  Marshall.  Dr.  Shea  also  takes 
Mr.  Marshall's  statement. 

Mr.  William  Fool,  editor  of  the  "  Courier,"  at  the  village  of 
Niagara  Falls,  N.  Y.,  a  life-long  resident  of  that  place  and  of 
Lewiston,  informs  me  "that  the  Angevine  farm  is  the  only 
spot  that  has  maintained  with  any  degree  of  historic  authority, 
as  being  the  place  where  La  Salle  built  his  vessel,  the  'Grif- 
fon,' in  i(^/()." 

Messrs.  Tompkins  and  Witmcr  are  appiarently  slightly 
biased  on  this  question.  Mr.  Tompkins  speaks  of  the  ship- 
yard as  not  being  near  the  mouth  of  the  Creek,  but  insists 
that  it  was  upon  the  Creek,  full  a  quarter  of  a  mile  from  its 
mouth.  The  cjucstion  arises  why  did  La  Salle  go  up  the 
Creek  thai  fur,  in  a  hostile  country,  cold  and  ice  bound,  as 
Tonty  says  i!;  was,  when  by  its  mouth  even,  or  near  it,  he 
would  be  more  protected  in  every  rtspect  ?  If  he  could  go 
up  the  creek  thus  far,  why  not  the  same  distance  up  the 
straight  on  the  Little  Niagara? 

Mr.  U^itmer  thinks  it  was  directly  at  the  mouth  of  the 
creek,  which  c(juld  not  possibl}'  be,  as  at  that  place  and  along 
the  banks,  down  the  channel,  is  low  marshy  ground,  appar- 
ently in  the  same  condition  to-day  as  it  was  two  hundred 
years  ago,^'  and  could  not  have  been  made  suitable  without 
great  labor. 

Therefore,  we  may  with  all  fairness  narrow  the  question  of 
site  to  the  testimonv  of  Hennepin,  Mr.  Marshall,  Captain  Van 


*  See  paye  40  for  view  . 


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42 

C'k'Vf,  Mrs.  Rc\in)l(ls.  Mr.  Fairbanks  ami  Mi-.  I'ool,  as  bciii};- 
the  most  authentic  and  natural. 

Hfinu'pin.  Marshall  and  others  use  the  word  near,  they  do 
not  sa\'  at,  but  near. 

Webster  dehnes  tlie  word  near,  as  "not  lar  distant,"  "not 
leniotc,"  "nigh,"  etc.,  nieanini^  that  it  was  in  the  neighbor- 
hood, which  I  think  is  the  construction  placed  upon  it  by 
those  parties.  For  if  wc  examine  the  locality  at  and  above 
the  creek  upon  the  channel,  one  can  but  be  convinced  that  the 
Angevine  place  or  "Old  Ship-yard,"  is  the  first  suitable  s])ot 
arrived  at  for  the  purpose  of  ship  or  vessel  building.  Mr. 
Marshall  distinctly  says  that  it  is  the  same  place  which  our 
government  used  to  build  a  vessel  iti  1804,  and  lastly,  the  view 
of  the  building  of  the  Griffon,  ))ublished  in  1704,*  and  that 
one  taken  in  1889,+  are  representations  of  precisely  the  same 
sjjot.  There  is  no  other  place  in  the  vicinity,  either  upt^n  the 
cieek  or  channel  resembling  it. 

The  writer  has  been  at  some  labor  to  thus  arrange  authori- 
ties on  this  cpiestion,  and  has  given  in  detail  all  facts  that  have 
come  under  his  notice,  making  the  subject  as  brcKid  as  possible 
in  order  to  set  at  rest  \^if  the  egotistical  expression  may  be 
allowed)  for  all  time  the  location  of  the  Cxriffon's  birtliplace. 

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ami  Inteiulaiu  of  New  France."  Lake  (Jntario,  ilie  Falls,  Nia.Ljara  River  ami  Lake 
F^ne  are  distinctly  represented.  .V  ilotted  line  re[)resents  the  i)orta,i.;e  on  the  American 
side  of  the  river  frcnn  Fort  Niagara,  by  the  Falls,  to  the  place  of  building  the  (.riffon, 
I'here  is  also  a  rude  semblance  of  a  cabin  at  the  last  named  place,  together  with  a 
view  of  the  (irilfon  entering  Lake  l-'rie.  The  leg(;nd  on  the  maj)  is  ••  Cihaiif  on  /t- 
Sr  (if  la  Suite  a  fait  faire  uiie  tia>;/ite.''  iCabiii  where  the  Sieur  de  La  Salle  caused 
a  bark  to  be  built.) 

Another  ma|),  dale  of  i68().  is  similar,  but  the  inscription  slightly  differs.  "  C/iaii- 
ti.--i  on  la  Sr  de  la  Sail,-  n  ft  fre  une  barque.'''  Another  .)f  i66(),  "  Clnjnticr  d,-  Sr 
df  la  Salle  pour  sa  tnnqtie." 


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A   bUSlGN    BY    OSCAR    HHl.I.ER,  ESQ.,  FOR    A   MONUMENT 
TO   MARK  THE   SPOT   WHERE   THE   (jRIFFON 

WAS  Buii;r. 


A  DDE  N  D  A. 


On  the  2r.tli  (lay  of  .hme,  iSi)i,  a  party  of  obscrvaf ioii.  wIulIi 
was  to  consist  ot  Messrs.  Peter  A.  I'orler  atul  Th.  V.  WvlcU  of 
Nia^rara  Falls,  t.ouis  j.  Allen,  Chief  [{nsrincrr  I'.  S.  \..  Wm. 
Fleming,  ot   Hiilfalo,  ami  the   writer,  proceeded,  with   the  ex- 
ception of  Messrs.  Welch  and   Allen,  who  were  iiuavouhibly 
detained,  to  Lewiston,  for  the  |)urposc  of  criticallv  exaniiniuj^ 
the   route    by   which   i.a   Salle   had,  in    i6;S,  carried    up   the 
"Three  Mountains"  his  supplies  ;  also  to  ascertain  the  hn.al- 
ity  of  the  tramway  by  which  the  ^oods  of  the  earlv  French 
•traders  were   hoisted   to  their  summit.      No   vestij^^e  of   the 
latter  remains,  noi-  could   its  exact' location   be  determined. 
After  due  examination,  and  takini;  all  conditi(»ns  info  consid- 
eration, the   writer  came   to  the  conclusion   that  the   present 
path  up  the  xMountain  is  either  the  original  one,  or  so  nearlv 
so,  to  be  almost  identical  with  that  trasersed  bv  I-.a  Salle  and 
his  men  when  carryini^  their  anchors,  guns  and  other  material 
for  the  completion  of  the  "  (iriffon  "  above  the  Falls  of  Xia:,'-- 
ara,  lor  the  reason  that  on  either  side  ol   this  path  there  is  not 
the   natural  incline   with   which   to   make  as   an   easy   ascent. 
Besides   bc'\n^  in  some  [tlaces  very  abrupt  or  aboundiuir  with 
debris,  swampy  land,  etc.      Tlie  present   path   also   terminates 
at   top,  within    loo  feet  of  the  edge  of  the   preri).ice  on   the 
river  side,  and  being  between   it  and    the    remains  of    Fort 
Gray,  erected  during  the  war  of   1S12. 

The  route  taken  by  the  party  of  June  2hth,  commenced  at 
a  ravine  where  it  is  said  La  Salle  built  some  cabins,  this  being 
the  plateau  of  the  J/rst  mountain,  thence  by  a  path  up  to  the 
plateau  of  the  strom/  mountain  ;  thence  by  a  steeper  and  more 


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difficult  path  to  the  top  ot  the  third  mountain,  which  ends  at 
the  level  of  the  Lewiston  escarpment,  thence  is  a  level  road  to 
the  Falls. 

Upon  our  arrival  at  Fort  Gray,  we  beheld  the  Lake  Ontario 
in  the  distance:  upon  our  right,  the  fertile  plain  in  which 
rests  the  (juiet  \illage  of  Lewiston  ;  on  the  left,  the  heights 
opposite,  then  the  declivity,  terminating  at  the  village  of  Ni- 
agara-on-the-Lake,  with  Fort  Niagara  opposite.  Between 
these  lofty  hills  and  wooded  shores  the  mighty  Niagara  glides 
along  very  peacefully,  after  having,  for  a  distance  of  seven 
miles,  reveled  in  turbulence  unequaled,  almost,  by  other  water 
upon  the  globe.  At  our  left,  under  the  dilapidated  Suspension 
Bridge,  is  the  remnant  of  that  "  Rock  of  a  prodigious  heighth, 
lying  by  ihe  rapid  Currents  we  have  already  mentioned,"  but 
which  is  now  almost  hidden  by  the  fallen  rocks  and  earth  of 
the  hills.  Here  at  our  feet  lay  the  way  up  which  Father 
Gabriel,  who,  "  tho'  of  Sixty-five  Years  of  Age,  bore  with 
great  Vigor  the  Fatigue  of  that  Voyage,  and  went  thrice  up 
and  down  those  three  Mountains,  which  are  pretty  high  and 
steep."  "  Our  men,"  continues  Hennepin,  "  had  a  great  deal 
of  trouble,  for  our  Anchors  were  so  big,  that  four  Men  had 
much  ado  to  carry  one,  but  the  Brandy  we  gave  them  was 
such  an  Encouragement,  that  they  surmounted  cheerfully  all 
the  Difficulties  of  that  Journey,  and  so  we  got  on  board  our 
Sb.ip  all  our  Provisions,  Ammunition  and  Commodities." 

Thus  as  we  stood  ui)on  this  height,  we  saw  in  retrospect 
these  pioneers  entering  the  river  on  that  St.  Nicholas  day  of 
i''')7S,  chanting  Te  Deum,  and  some  days  later  taking  refuge 
under  the  protection  of  that  "  1  ligh  Rock,"  looking  across  the 
angry  water  filled  with  floating  ice,  to  the  great  '*  Three 
Mountains,"  which  they  afterwards  surmounted  after  under- 
going numeious  hardshi|)S,  as  related  by  Father  Hennepin, 
and  now  after  200  St.  Nicholas'  davs  have  come  and  gone,  the 
same  scenes  that  met  their  view  is  beheld  by  ours,  with 
scarcely  any  change  ot  the  beautiful  prospect  which  unfolded 
iiself  to  their  sight.  After  our  arriving  at  the  height,  and  in 
commemoration  of  their  faith  and  patience,  their  unfaltering 
trust  that  the   future  would   be  all   thev  desired,  we  drank  to 


ends  at 
road  to 

Ontario 
1  which 

heights 
e  of  Ni- 
Between 
-a  glides 
3f  seven 
er  water 
■;pension 
heighth, 
ed,"  but 
earth  of 
1  Father 
)re  with 
hrice  up 
bigh  and 
reat  deal 
Men  had 
hem  was 
rfully  all 
oard  our 
es." 

strospect 
as  day  of 
g  refuge 
cross  the 

"  Three 
er  under- 
lennepin, 
gone,  the 
urs,  with 
unfolded 
ht,  and  in 
ifaltering 
;  drank  to 


49 

their  memory,  standing  and  in  silence.  No  prospect  can  !.rt.. 
ter  repay  those  interested  in  our  local  history  than  the  our 
from  the  heights  of  Lewiston  on  a  bright  day /and  a  climb  up 
the  path  over  which  these  pioneers  toiled  is  a  trip  well  wf)rth 
taking. 


-4 
-i 


■ 


BIBLIOGRAPHY  OF  IIENNHPIN. 


FRENCH.        ir.S3.        La. 
Descrij)ti()ii    de    l:i    Loiiisianc  nouvclioincnf.  d.-'coiivcrte 


■^ 


Ml 

Siul'  Oiiert  dc  la  Nouvelle  France,  Far  oidro  dii  Roy.     A\  f( 
la  Carte  (hi   Pays:     Fes   Moeurs  &   !a    maiiiere   dc  vivre  dis 
Sauvao:es.     Dedire  n  sa  Majeste.     Par  K    R.  I'.  Loul^   lien 
l>in,  Missioiniaire  Recollct  iS:  Notaire  Aposfolieiue. 

(ni<)iioo;rani  of)  A.  A 
A  Paris,  chez  la  Veuve  Sebastien  Hurs',  riir  S.iint 
;t  riniai;'e  S.  Jerome,  pres  S.  Severin. 

^FDC.  LXXXlll. 
Avec  privilege  dv  Roy. 


nne- 


larcnies, 


Map   by  Gucrard.     Carte  de  la   Nouville   F 


Louisiane    Nouvellenient    decouverete    dcd 


ranee  et   de    1; 


lec    Au 


R 


o\" 


Par  le   Reuerend   Pere   Louis    lie 


an 


nncpin,  Missionairc 
e  i^rantcd  Senl.  ;. 


1683 

Recollect  et  Notaire  Apostoli(pie.     Privileo- 

1682,  rei^istered  Sept.  10.     Printinj^  completed  Jan.  5,  loS:;. 

The  map  carries  the  Mississip[)i  to  below  the  mouth  of  the 
Illinois,  but  does  not  indicate  the  Ohio  or  Missouri.  I'ictures 
a  tree  bearini^  the  French  arms,  and  marks  the  sjiot  near  Lake 
IJuadc,  and  a  church  and  "Missions  des  Recollects,  "  ne:ir  the 
Lake  des  Assenipoils.     12°  pp.  (12)  ^12. 


FRENCH. 


ir.84 


L'A. 


Copies  of  a  second  edition  with  tlie  same  notes  as  to  print- 
in--,  etc..  but  have  on  title,  Apostolique,  in  a  line  bv  itself,  and 
A  Paris,  Chez  Amable  Aurov,  Proche  In  Fonntaine  S.  Sevei  in 
(monoi^iam). 

iM.  DC.  LXXXI\  . 


m 


52 

The    monogram    A.    A.    on    both    editions    is    for    Aniable 
Aiirov. 


FRHNCH.  1685.  (?)         L'A.  * 

La  Nouvelle  France,  011  la  Description  de  la  Louisiane, 
connui'  S(His  Ic  noni  de  Misissipi.  Nouvellenicnt  Decouverte 
par  ordre  du  Roy. 

Avec  les  Moeurs  iV  la  maniere  de  vivre  des  Sauvages,  iK  les 
])remieres  habitations  de  nos  Frangois.  Dediee  a  sa  Majcste. 
Far  le  K.  P.  Hennepin,  Missionaire  Recollet  tSc  Notaire 
A|)ostoliqiie., 

(enibleni) 
Sur  L'lmprime  a  Paris 
M   1)  C 
\  2^  dedication  pp.  2,  and   pj).  80.     I'aper  covers.     No  maps 
or  plates. 


ITALIAN. 


1686. 


L'A. 


Descrizione  della  Lvigiana.  Paese  nnouamente  sco[)eito 
nel  I'America  Settentrionale,  sotto  grauspicij  del  Christianis- 
sinio  Lv.igi  Xl\'.  Con  la  Carta  Geograiica  del  medesimo, 
Costunii,  e  maniere  di  viuere  di  que'Seluaggi.  Del  I'.  Lvigi 
Hennepin  Francescano  Recolletto,  e  Missionario  Apostolico 
in  (juesta  Scoperta.  Tnidotla  del  Francesc,  e  Dedicata  al 
Re\  erendiss.  P.  D.  Ludovico  de  Conti  Gverra  Abbate  casin- 
ense  di  S.  Procolo  di  Bologna.  In  Bologna,  per  Giacomo 
Monti  1086.     Conlicenza  de  Superiori. 

12"  pp.  iJ.  \q6,  with  map.  On  pa.  2,  is  the  V'idit  and  imjiri- 
matnr. 

X'lDir.  D.  I'uliicntius  Orighettus  Clericus  Regnlaris  S. 
Pauli,  &  Reclor  Poenitentiari.'e,  pro  lllnsfriss,  lV  Reuerendiss. 
1).  lose])h  Musotto  \'icario  Capitulari  Bononia'. 

I.Mi'RiMAi  ri;.  Fr  Angelus  Gulielmus  Molus  Vicarius  Gen- 
eralis  S.  Otticij  Bononia'. 

Then  follows  a  Dedication  by  the  translator  Casimiro  Fres- 
cliot.  dated  Jan.  21,  1686.     10  pages. 


* 


DUTCH.        1688.        I/v. 

Eno^raved  title.  Ontdckkiii>,r  van  Louisiania  Door  d^ii 
Yader  L.  Hennepin.  Beneveus  des  Beschryvinf,^  van  Noord 
America  door  den  Hetr  Dcnys.  t'  Amsterdam  hv  Janttm 
1  loorn  over  het  Oude  Heere  Logenient  1688. 

Printed  Title.  Beschryving-  \an  Louisania,  Nieuvvelijks 
ontdekt  ten  Zuid-Westen  van  Nieuw  X^rankrvk,  Door  order 
van  den  Koenig.  Met  de  Kaurte  des  Landts,' en  een  nauwk- 
eiiri^'e  verhandeling  van  de  Zedrn  en  manieren  van  leeven 
der  Wilden.  Door  den  Vader  Lodewyk  Hennepin,  Recollet- 
sche  Missionaris  in  die  Gewesten,  en  Apostolisclie  Notaris. 
Mitsszfadcrs  de  Geoi^raphische  en  Historische  Beschrvvin<,r 
der  Kusten  van  Noord  America,  Met  rie  Xatuurlijkc  Historie 
des  Landts.  Door  den  Heer  Denys,  Governeur  Lieutenant 
Generaal  voor  Zijn  Allerchristielijkste  ALajesteit.  en  Ei.^enaar 
van  alle  de  Landen  en  Eilanden  oelegen  van  cap  de  Cam()- 
seaux-  totaan  cap  des  Roziers.  Verc;eirt  met  Kopere  Fi^urcn. 
(ornament)  t  Amsterdam,  by  Jan  ten  Hoorn,  Bo'ekverkooper 
over  't  Oude  Heeren  Logement,  in  de  Histori-Schryver.  A. 
168S.  4°  Engraved  title,  [)p.  (4.)  158.  (5)  map,  6  plates  pp.  (4.) 
200.(4.)  The  map  is  entitled  "Kaart  van  Nieuw  Vrankryk 
en  van  Louisania  " 


FRENCH.        1688.        La. 


* 


(The  title  same  as  in  No.  1,  down  to  A'Paris,  then  add,)  a 
Roman  (p  in  Apostolique  Chez  Amable  Auroy,  rue  Saint 
Jacques  aTlniage  S.  Jerome,  attenant  la  Fountaine  S.  Severin, 
•M.  DC.  XXXVIll.     Avec  Privilege  dv  Roy. 

i2mo.  pages  as  in  No.  1.  After  privilege.  "  .\cheve  d'im- 
primer  pour  la  seconde  fois,  le  ro.  Mars.  1688.  De  I'imprim- 
erie  de  Laurent  Rondet.     Map. 


GERMAN  1689.         L'A.  * 

Beschreibung  der  Landschafft  Lovisiana  welche  aul    Befehl 

des    Konigs    in    Frankreich,   neulich    ge^^cn    Sildwesten    Neu 

Frankreichs  in   America  entdecket   worden.      Nebenst  einer 

'  Land-Carten  und    Bericht  von  den  sitten  und   Lebens-Art  der 


S4 

Wildcn  in  Selbigcr  LaiiclsclialTt.  fn  I'ran/osischer  S[)rachc 
heraus  oc^-cbcii  (lurch  P.  Ludwiij:  Hennepin  Mission.  Recoil, 
und  Notariuni  Ai)()st()licuni.  Nun  aber  ins  Teutsche  ubcr- 
sct/et.  (Ornament.)  Nnrnbertv  ''i  \'t>i'lajj;-  Andreas  Otto. 
1 089. 

18"  pp.  425.     2  niai)S. 

Louisiana  ends  on  \r.\^v  352,  then  another  title. 

Beschrieburj^  einer  sonderbaren  Riese  ctlicher  bisher  noch 
unbekanter  Liinder  und  X'iWcher  ini  Mitter-nachtiijen  America, 
welche  1673.  (lurch  I'.  Marquette  S.  J.  und  llerni  Jolliet 
\<'rri(htet  warden.  Aiis  dcin  Fran/osischen  ins  Teutsche 
ubersetzet.     Nurnberi>-  1680.     Map. 


(GERMAN. 


I  (k)0. 


L'a. 


Xeue  Entdeckunt^en  vieler  .sehr  i^rossen  Landschaften  in 
Aiiurica  /wischen  Neu  Mexico  und  dem  Eis-Meer  i^^eles^en, 
iibersetzt  von  J.  (t.  Lauren,      [iremen.      iTirp. 


IT  A  Li  AN. 


\U)\ 


L'a. 


An  abridi^nient  of  the  Bologna  edition  ol  lOSf),  and  was 
printed  in  i6()i,  in  the  "  11  (ienio  \'a,^^'inti,"  at  P:unia,  Italy, 
with  a  niap  entitled  "Nouva  l-'rancia  I  Luii^iana," 

• 
GERMAN.         iTxp.         L'a. 

Same  title  as  German  1089.  Xuniberi.';,  Andreas  Otlp,  \('y2. 
iS\pp42-.     Map. 

FRENCH.         169;.         N.  D.  * 

Enuia\e(l  Title.  Nouvelle  Decouverte  d'lin  tres  ^-rand 
Pays  Situr  dans  TAmerique  Par  R.  P.  Lovis  de  Hennepin. 
a  Utrec  chez  (Tuiliame  l^roedelet. 

Printed  Title.  Nouvelle  Decouverte  d'un  tres  li-rand  Pays 
Situ(!'  dans  r.\ineri(iue,  entre  Le  Nouveau  Mexique,  et  la  Mer 
Glaciale,  Avec  las  Cartes,  iV  les  Fi<iures  necessaires.  \-  de  plus 
IT-Iistorie  Naturelle  iS;  Morale,  ^S:  les  advantaii:es,  quon  en  pent 


tirer  par   I  e 


tablissement    des  Colonies.     Le  tout    (iedie  a  Sa 


V. 


55 

Majcstt'    Britaiiiiique.      Giiillaunu"    III.       I'ar   Ic   K.   \\   Louis 
Hennepin,  .Missionairc  Recollect  iS:  Notaire  Apostoliciue. 
rtrecht.     Chez  Guillaume  BnK'deler.  Marchand  Libraire. 

MDCXCVli 

'-^  PP-  (;<')  '-,^1^,  lo  pp.  marked  ,^13;-  ^1  ^^06.     _•  Map^and 
^  plates,  Niagara,  and  the  buffalo. 

This  work  be-ins  with   Epistrc   Dedicatore  _s  pp.,  Avis  an 

Lccteur,  26  pp.     Table  dc  Chapifres.  19  pp.      Flic  text  b.-ins 

with  some  ,u;eneral  remarks,  and  bio.i^^raphical  djtails.  loUoucd 

by  a  description  of  Lonisiane  to  pai;e  .?cxd,  when  transcriptions 

are   taken   from    Le  Clerais   Etablissment    de    la    Foi.     From 

pai^a-  249  to  ;;i2,  is  an  account  of  a  \()va,i;e  dox^-n  the   Missis- 

si|)pi.     From  paoT    U3   to  finish  is  in  different   type    from    the 

preceding-,  the  chapter  heads  havini;  Arabic  fi<;ures.  while  the 

earlier   portion    have    Roman  numerals.     Th.'  head   lines  also 

differ.  i)cini;  NOu\  KIJ,  dkcoun.  behjre  pai^e  31,^  and   N(A!VK1. 

L)|.(  (MJV.  after.     The  spacin^^-,  etc.  is  different,  tending;  to  show, 

as  some  writers  su.^^-est,  that  this  later  matter  was  set   up  bv 

dillerent  hands  and  in  a  different  place  orofiice.     The  tvpe  on 

last  pane    is   smaller   than    (he   bodv  of  the  work.     The    map 

continues  the  river  Mississippi  to  the  (iulf.      The  name  ol   the 

Missouri  is  written  Oteiita.      Thucs  the  Chi.iuakaon  the  river 

Tamonxi  lielow  it,  and  the  .\kaiisa  (ui  the  river  Ouma.  and  to 

two  rivers  below,  on  the  west,  -ives  the  names  of   liiens  and 

Sablonniere.  and  omits  the  tree  with  the  arms  of  France. 


FRENCH. 


1  C)()>i. 


N.  V. 


Nouveau  voya.g-e  d'un  Pais  plu  -rand  cpie  I  Europe.  Avec 
les  reflections  des  enterprises  du  Sieur  de  hi  Salle  sur  les 
minies  de  St  Barbe  iVc.  Enrichi  de  la  Carte,  dc  fi,q;ures  e\- 
pressives.  des  moeurs,  iV  manieres  de  vivix  des  Sauvai^es  du 
N(;rd:  cV  (111  Sud,  de  la  prise  de  Quebec  Ville  Capital  la  dc 
Nonvelle  iM-ance,  par  les  .\n;;lois,  iV  des  avantai;es  (pi'un  pent 
letirei  du  chemin  recourci  de  la  Chine  i\:  dn  Japon,  par  le 
moien  de  taut  de  Vastcs  Contrecs  .V  de  Nouvelles  Colonies. 
Avec  approbation  \  dedie  a  sa  Majeste  Guillaume  HI.  Roy 
de  la  Grande  lirctaonc  par  Ic  R.  P.  Louis- Hennepin,  Mission- 


r  ■.*■    I 


56 

aire  Recollccl  iV  Nolairc  Apostoliciiic.     A.  rtrccht   Chez  Aii- 
toiiie  Schouteii,  iMarchand  Librairc  169S. 

S'  pp.  tjo.)  (2.)  389.  4  plates,  1  map.  This  edition  has  the 
star  pai^cs,  similar  to  the  edition  ol  1697,  but  is  imitoiinly 
printed  as  regards  the  headings. 


CiFRMAN.         1698.         N.  V.  * 

Neue  Reise  Beschreihung  (lurch  viele  Lander  weit  grosser 
als  gantz  Europa  die  nenlichst  zuichen  Neu  Mexico  und  dem 
Eiss  Meer  in  America  entdecket  worden.  Worinn  enthalten 
cine  besoiidere  beschreibung  der  Lander  Sitten  und  Gawohn- 
beiten  der  wildcn  \V)lcker  in  Qcm  Sud  und  Norder  Theil  der 
ncuen  VV^elt,  und  was  fiir  X'ortheil  man  aus  der  Auffrichfung 
neuer  Colonien  in  diesen  Landern  schopffen  konne';  Wicauch 
eine  Anweisung,  (.lurch  einen  Kurzern  VVeg  als  bisher  ohiie 
Pasfrung  der  Eciuinoctial-Linic  nach  China  und  Japan  zu 
Kommcn.  [^ebst  einer  genauen  Erzchlung  von  dem  unter- 
Irangen  des  lierne  von  Salle  auff  die  Gold-Minen  zu  St 
Barbe,  imgleichen  von  der  (iroberung  der  Stadt  Ouebeck  in 
Canada  burch  die  Engellander. 

In  P'ranzolischcr  S])rache  beschreiben,  und  niit  Gcnehmhal- 
tuiig  Sr  Konigl  Majcst.  von  Gross  Brittannien  Wilhelm  ill. 
unlerthanigst  uberreichet  von  R.  F.  Ludovico  llennepin, 
Missionario  der  Recollecten  und  Notario  Apostol.  Ins 
Teutsche  iibcrserst  von  M.  f.  G  Langen,  Candid  Th(  ol. 

Bremen. 

In  verlegung  Phil.  Gottlr.  Saurmans. 

1698. 

Dedicated  to  Einer  Excellentzdem  Herren  VVeippert  Ludo- 
wig  I'abricio,  Einer  Hochfurstl  DurchI,  zu  Braunschweig  und 
Liineburg,  wureklich  geheimbten  Kathe,  N'ice  Canzlern  und 
Hochbetrauten  Ministro. 

18"  dedication  1^4)  (j.)  (9.)  (26.)  2  blank  leaves.  288.  Should 
!:ave  maps  and  plates. 


I 


DUTCH.         1698.        N.  V. 
Engraved  Title.     Reyse  door  Nieuwc  Ondecte  Landen. 


* 


57 

Printed  Title.  Acnmcrckelyckf  I  listorischc  Keys  Hcstli 
ryvin^c  Door  verschcN'de  Landcn  veel  ij^rootcr  als  die  vaii 
^eheel  luiropa  oidmi^lis  oiifdeckt.  Helielsende  ec;n  ii.mwkeu- 
rig'c  Beschrijviii,i;e  van  de  ii,cicf^c'nthcvd,  natiuir,  en  \  iiiyiit- 
baerheyd,  van't  Zuvdcr,  cii  Noorder  i^cedelte  van  America  ; 
niitsnadcrs  de  i^edaeiite,  aerd,  niaiiieren  kledinj^en.c  n't.  jiclDoxc 
dcr  talrijke  \\  ilde  Natieii.  aldaei"  woonendc.  llet  l)cle>j;-  en 
verovennj^c  van  Ouebek,  de  Ibioftstad  van  Canada,  door  de 
ICn^elschen.  Ue  ji^evvigtii;^c  aennierkmi^en  op  de  ondcrnemingc 
van  de  I  leer  de  la  Salle,  op  de  (iond-Mijnen  \an  St.  IJarhara, 
met  veel  nicer  andere  \vaeraij;tiiie  en  seldsanie  ,t,a'scliiedeni.ssen. 
En  in't  besonder  de  aenwi jsiiii^-en  t)md(j()r  een  korten  wcy^ii  soii- 
der  de  Linic  [^(luinoctiael  te  passceren,  na  China  en  JajKni  te 
komen  ;  en  de  i^ootc  voordeelen  die  men  hier  door,  als  mede  ■ 
door  de  nieuwc  Volckpiantins^en  in  dese  vrnirhtbarre  Ivanden 
son  Konnen  trecken.  Alles  met  een  nette  Kaert  tot  dese'aen- 
wijsinij^e  nodii;',  en  ko|)ere  Platen  vercierl.  Met  Approbatie 
van  Wilhelmns  den  111.  Konin<^h  van  Groot-Uritanie.  I'>n 
aan  deselve  sijne  Majcsteyt  opi^edraijen  door  Lodewyck  Hen- 
nepin, Missionaris  Recollect,  en  Notaris  Apostoliek. 

Tot  lltriclit,  By  Anthony  vSchontc^n  lUjS. 

4'  PI).  (28)  14J.  Last  [YA^^c  misprinted  242.  (iS.)  4  plates 
and  map,  "Carte  d'un  Nouvean  Monde  entre  le  Xonvean  Mex- 
icpie  et.  la  Mer  (ilaciale.     Gasp,  liouttats  fecit. 

FRENCH.         109S.        N.  D.  * 

Nonvelle  Ueconverte  d'nn  tres  grand  Pays  Sitne  dans 
TAmericpie  entre  Le  Xonvean  Mexicjue  et  la  Mer  Cilaciale, 
Avec  les  Cartes,  et  l'\s  Fio^nres  necessaires,  et  de  i)lns  Tliis- 
torie  Natnrelle  et  .Morale,  et  les  avanta«.,^es  (in"on  en  i)ent  titer 
jtar  I'etablissment  des  Colonies.  Le  tout  dedic  .Missionaire 
Recollect  iV  Notaire  Apostoli(ine.  A.  Amsterdam,  Chez 
Abraham  van  Sonieten.  .MDCXCVMIl. 
12'  jjp.  (70.)  506.     Enj^raved  title. 

ENGLISH.     i6()S.       X.  L).  (jr  e'ondiination. 

.\  new  Discovery  of  a  Vast  Country  in  America,  extending 

above  Four  Thousand  Miles,  between  New  France  and  New 


58 

MiAuo;  will)  a  I  )csci  ipl ion  of  the-  Great  fvalvcs,  Cafaiacts, 
Ki\crs.  riaiits.  and  Animals.  Also,  tin  iiiaimcrs,  ('iisti)ms 
and  I.annuaiics  ()f  tlio  several  native  Indians;  and  tlicaiUan- 
ta<^c  of  C^MnnK■rL•e  witli  tiiosr  different.  Nations.  Witii  a  C'on- 
tinnation,  Givini:;  an  Acconnt  ol  the  .Xtteinpts  of  the  Sieur  de 
la  Salle  njxjn  the  mines  of  St  liaibe  \c. 

The  'I'akin;^^  ol  (hiebec:  by  the  liinsi^li.di  ;  with  l.lu*  -\d\an- 
ta^i'es  of  a  Shorter  C'ut  to  C'hiin  .md  japan.  Both  |»arts  illns- 
tratcd  with  maps,  and  iM^nits.  and  Dedicated  to  his  .NTaieslv 
K.  William.  Hy  L.  Hennepin  now  resident  in  Holland.  To 
which  aie  add.jd  Se\  eral  New  Discoveries  in  North  America 
iiiit  publish'd  in  the  French  lulition.  London,  i'linted  lor  M. 
Bentlev.  j.  X^nson,  H.  IJonwick.  l .  Goodwin,  and  S.  Man- 
ship.     i6()S. 

8°.  Enfjiraved  and  printed  I'itlcs.  pp.  (jo)  jqij;  pp.  (;\2), 
1/8.  (Ji.     2  maps.  7  [)lates.      This  is  the  tirsi   h'n^-lish  Edition. 

ENGLISH.      \(Mji^       N.  I).  Combination.    - 

Similar  Titles,  with  this  difference.  That  //.  /u?n  is  im- 
printed on  one  line,  and  wir/,\  lollows  on  the  next. 

S"  [)p.  (jo)  24^.  (}:)  J2S.  2  maps,  7  plates.  ApparentU-  not 
a  Imprint  of  the  piccedinsj;,  as  in  the  "  C'ontmnation,"  it  r'tads: 
"  Men  oiiL^lit  to  be  satisfy 'd."  .\L;ain.  there  arc  two  Chapters 
nnmbrrcd  XXIi    and  this  edition  has  385  pai;es. 

I^NCiidSlL      io(i,s.     N.  D.     Coinbination. 

.Same  title  as  hrst  edition.  Otherwise  a|)p.irentlv  as  No.  j, 
bnl  wiliiout  the  error  m  mmiberinj^  of  two  chapters  XX  H. 


I'^NCiLlSIL      i'H,j.     N.  1).  CombiiKition. 

Same  title  ;is  hi-st  edition  ;  !)ut  the  imprint  leads,  London, 
Printed  lor  IJenry  Uonwicke,  at  tin;  i\ed  Lion,  in  Saint  Taul's 
C^imrch  N'ard  i'kj'). 

S"".  Enirraved  .and  printed  Titles.  pi>.  (20)  240.  (24)  216. 
2  maps,  6  plates. 

In  this  edition  the  Contimiation  begins  thns :  "Reason 
ought  to  rule  Men  in  all  cases,"   etc.     And  on   the  title,  reads 


59 


nil- 


f 


at  the  Kcd  Lyon,  etc.,  aii'l  without    the  cnor  in   iiiimbcrin:^^  of 
chapter  XX  II. 


(;i:kman. 


I  C)i.)(). 


N.  D. 


Neiie  h'.iit.deckuii;;  vieK'i  sehr  <4n)sseii  Laiidschaften  in 
America  /uischen  Neu-Mcxico  uiul  dem  Eyss-Meer  <;elej;cn 
wc'lclic  bishero  denen  luiropdern  no(  h  uhck.'iiu!  ffewesen  iind 
an  Grosse  gan/  luiropa  ubcrtressen.  liie  auc  h  cine  dolliire 
lk'schreidhiin<4' des  (•csclichredliciien  Wasser  :  Fallos  \'on  Ni- 
a;jjara,  welcher  dcr  s^rosseste  in  der  <;an/en  W'eltc  ict,  nnd  dcs 
»;r()s§en  l*"lusses  Mcischchapi)!,  so  in  eincf  Lan<^c  von  Soo 
Meisstcnburch  diese  Lander  Hielfet,  nemlich  von  hesven  Uhr; 
sprnnjr  l)i,ss /n  sein<.'r:  ICrgieffunt;  in  (hii  (ioIlT  von  Mexico 
Iniirleiclien  der  wildeii  lunwoner  Barbarischen  Manieien  und 
Leliens-xMiart,  sand)t  \  icien  Seltenbeiten. 

Er  Gross-Britannis,    Maj.  W^ilhelni  dem    111.,  in   I'l'-.inkosis. 

Sprache  iiberrichet  nnd  besehrilien  Non  R.  I'.  Lndovv  lleinie- 

pin,  Misonario  Recollect  ("v  Notario  Aposlol. 

Ins  Deutsche  ubersel/  bucli. 

M.  J.  (;.  Lan^en   C   Th. 

Mit-I.and-CliartiH  und  Kupffcr  J-'iifurcn. 

Bremen. 

Ill  xetU'^'vini^^  Fh.ilip  (i(jLtir  Saurmans,  Buchh  1699.      18   . 


SPAXISIl. 


1699. 


N.  D. 


Relacion  lie  un  I'ais  (}nc  luievamente  se  ha  descubiei  to  en 
hi  America  Septentrional  de  mas  este-ndido  que  es  La  Luroj)a. 
Y  cpie  saca  a  In/  en  Castellano,  debajo  de  la  proteccion  de  el 
Ex""^.  Sr.  L^ucpie  de  el  infantado,  Pastrana,  eS:c.,  el  Sar^ento 
General  de  Batalla  Don  Sebastian  Fernaiulez  dv.  Medrano, 
Director  de  la  Academia  Real  y  Militarde  el  Exercito  de  los 
Pa'ises  Bajos.     Emblem. 

En  Brussclas, 

En  Casa  de  Lamberto  ALarchant, 

Mercadcr  de  Libros. 

M.  DC.  XCIX. 


r,o 

ij"  pp.  (2.)  fledicatioii  to  Scnr.  Don  jiian  \)c  Dios,  tic 
l'r()loi;o,  pp.  (4.)  86.  Map  and  _'  |)latcs,  (jiic  .'iniioiial  ri'prc- 
si.  ntatioii ;  the  otlu-r  rcprcsi'iUinj;  luiropc,  Asia,  Aii  i.a,  and 
Aincrita  by  tij^uios,  suppoitiii;,''  tlu-  ^dobc,  etc. 

l>UTriI.         1699.         N.  I).  * 

Nicuwi  ()iitdckkiiii,a'  \'iin  ecu  ^rdot.  I..iiid.  i,'-clci;i'n  in 
Aineric.i.  tusschcii  niciiw  Mexico  en  di'  Ys-Zcc.  IT  liel/ondc 
de  gelc^ciUlK  id  dcr  /clvc  iiiiuwi-  ontdcktc  l.,aiulcM  :  dc  Riv- 
ereii  en  grooti-  Mecren  in't  /.t.lvr.  I'm  voor  al  van  i\c  t^iootc 
KJN'ier  Mescliasipi  gcnaamd.  Dc  Kolimicn  die  lucn  by  di* 
solve  ti)t  \ oor  deel  van  dezeu  Staat,  zo  ten  *)p/i(dite  \an  den 
Koopliandei,  als  tot  vcr/ekerinfjfc  der  Spaansclie  (iond-.Mijnen. 
/on  Konnen  opri-chten  I  )e  uitneeniende  vruchtbaarluid 
N.m'i  Land;  'tvcTvlocd  dcr  \'iss(lien  in  den  KivierCii.  De 
jj^edaanten,  iniborst,  geloo\e  en  oeffenni^en  der  W'ilden  aldaar 
woonende.  De  vreenide  Dieren  in  liaare  liossthcn  en  veldcn. 
Met  cell  Korle  aaninerl<inij;-e  ov(-r  de  /o  <.;;enaainde  Stiaat 
Aiiiani  ;  en't  niiddel  oui  iloor  ecn  korteuei;  xondei-  de  f.inie 
.l''(iuin(jctiaal  le  passeeren,  na  China  en  .lapan  te  Konien  met 
vecle  curicnse  din^en  tnccr.  Alles  met  jj^oede  Kaarten  toi 
deze  aanwij/ini^e  nodig,  en  met  K(>|)eie  Plaaten  \ercierd.  Met 
goed-vinduiije  van  den  Konini;-  van  Enjj^eland  Wilhelnuis 
den  III.  In't  licht  ges^eeven :  En  aan  de  Zelve  /ijne  Ma- 
jestrit  ()[)!4edraa,ti^en,  door  L()de\v\k  ll'nnej)in,  iMissionaiis 
Recollect  en  Notaris  Apostoliek.  I'ot  Am&terdam,  by  Abra- 
ham van  Someren.      i^cv). 

4'  pp  (^26)  220.  ( 1  4).  _'  maps,  J  plates.  The  map  is  entitled 
"  Carte  d'un  tries  j^iand  pais.  Che/  \.  van  Somerin  a  Am- 
sterdam "  Ameri(iue  Septentrionalis.      I.  V .  Vianen,  fecit. 


DUTCH. 


:o: 


N.  D. 


E:  .-v^.v....         .,. 

Printed  ritle.  Nienwe  Ontdekking^e  in  America  (iedan 
Dooi"  L.  Hennepin,  t  Amsterdam  B\-  Andries  van  Damme, 
Bockverkoper  1702. 

Printed  Title.  Nieuwe  ( Mitdekkhig  van  een  groot  Land, 
gelegen   in     \merica,  tusschen   nieuu    .NIexico  en   de    N's  Zee. 


6i 

lU'hoI/iMule  (lcj;cl('^ciilici(l  dcr  /clvc  niciiw  ontdc-kli'  LaiwU^n. 
(Ic  Kivieren  en  jjroott;  Mcercii,  en  voor  al  de  ^rootc  River 
Mi'scliasipi  jLjciiaaiiul  ;  dc  Ccjlonirn  die  men  by  de  selve  lot  ver- 
zi'keriii^e  del"  Spaansche  (lOiulMijneii,  /on  konnen  oprecliten  ; 
irnitnceineiulc  viuctlihaarlieid  van'l  F.and :  overvloed  der 
\  issclien  in  de  Kivieien:  ^edaanle,  itiborst,  y^eloove,  en  oet- 
fenin^eii  der  W'ildcii  aldaar  \v()oi\endc  :  de  vreeiiule  Dieren  in 
liaarc  Uossehen  en  Velden,  i\c.  Met  een  korte  aanrnerkiiiije 
over  de  zo  •jenaatnde  Straat.  i\niain  ;  rn't.  middcl  oin  door  een 
Korte  wej^,  bonder  de  Linie  .l\(|Minoctial  te  passeeren,  na 
China  en  Jai)an  te  konien.  i\lles  met  i;()ede  Kaaiten  tot  dezc 
aanuij/inLje  nodijj;',  en  met,  Koi)eie  I'laaten  vereierd.  Door 
Lodewyk  I  lennepin,  Missionaris  Kecolleel  en  Notaris  Apos- 
tolick.  Henevens  een  .Vanlianj^sel,  bthelzende  een  Uei/e  door 
een  (iedeelte  van  de  Spaansche  West-lndien,  en  een  V'eihaal 
van  d'lvxpeditie  der  Fransclien  op  Carta<i[ena  Door  L.  (ouis) 
de  ('.(a|)in).  Rmhlein.  I'ot  Amsterdam  l)v  Aiulries  van 
i)amme,  lioekverkooper  o|)'t  Kokkiii  bezyden  de  Benis  1702. 
8"  pp.  (i  I.)  (13.)  220.(14).  2  maps,  2  plates.  Anniianirsel. 
I  i)lan,  47. 


DUTCH. 


I  tied 
Am- 


.and, 
;  Zee. 


1704. 


N.  I). 


Printed  Title.  Aenmerkelyke  voyaj^ie  (je(hian  na't  (iede- 
elte van  Noorder  America,  I3ehel/ende  een  nieuwe  ontdi'k- 
kinfj^e  van  een  seer  groot  Land,  gele^i^en  tusschen  Nieuw 
Mexico  en  de  \'s-Zee.  Vervattende  de  gelegentheid  der 
nienw  ontdekte  Landen  :  de  Rivieren  en  groote  Meeren  in't 
zelve.  En  voor  al  van  de  groijte  Rivier  Meschasipi  ginaamd. 
De  Kolonien  die  men  by  de  selve  tot  voordeel  van  dezan 
Staat,  zo  ten  opziehte  van  ilen  Koophandel,  ais  tot  \  erzekeringe 
ier  Spaansche  (lond-Mijnen,  zon  kunnen  oprechten.  De  nit- 
nemende  vruchtbaarheid  van't  Land  ;  overvloed  der  X'isschen 
i'l  de  Rivieren.  De  gedaanten,  inborst,  geloovc  en  oeffennin- 
gen  der  Wilden  aldaar  woonende.  De  vrcemde  Dieren  in 
haare  IJosschen  en  Velden.  Met  een  Korte  aanm^rkinge  over 
de  zo  genaamde  Straat  Aniam  ;  en't  middel  om  door  een 
korte   weg      zonder  de    Liiiie  ^Ecpiinoctial    te   passeeren,  na 


C>2    ' 

China  on  .l.ipan  tc  komtMi  met  vcck*  anderc-  b^'soiulcriu-dtn 
nieer.  Door  Lodewyk  Hennepin,  Missionaris  Recollect  (mi 
Notariiis  Apostolick.  Desen  laatstcn  Druk  is  niet  alleen  ver- 
cierd,  met  noodige  kaarten  niaar  ook  met  vcrscheide  Kopere 
Print-verbeeldins^en,    voyt    te   VDorcni   soo   jj^estc  ii.     Rmblem. 

Te  Leyden,  Bv  Fiet(M-  van  dei  Aa.     1704. 

8-"  pp(8)(i2)2i9.(i3.) 


DUTCH. 


1 704. 


N.  I). 


Aanmerkelyke  voyasi^ie  jj^edaan  na't  <i^edeelds  \an  xMoorder 
America,  behelzende  een  uieuwe  ontdekkini^e  van  een  seei 
jj^rootland,  i^eleg'en  tussclien  Nieuw-Mexico  en  de  ^'s-/ee,  «S:c. 
(Same  as  edition  of  1704,  with  imprint  of  I'ieter  van  der  Aa  ) 
Rotterdam:     IJarent  lies.     1704. 

\2'  pp  (22)  200.  (14).     2  majis,  6  plates. 

FRENCH.         [704.        N.  D. 

W'/uge  Curieux  !)u  R.  P.  I.ouis  llenncpin,  Missionaire 
Recollect,  tS:  Notaire  Apostolicjue.  Oui  contient,  une  Nonvelle 
Decou\erte  D'un  Tres-Crr:'nd  I'avs,  situe  dans  I'Ameriqne, 
Entre  le  Nouveau  Mexique  iS.  la  Mer  Glaciale,  Avec  Toutes 
les  i)articnlaritfv  de  ce  Pavs.  iS:  Ics  avantag'es  (jn'on  en  pent 
tirer  par  I'etablissment  des  Colonies,  enrichi  de  Cartes  iV 
augmentc  de  queUiues  figures  entaille  donee  necessaries. 
Outre  cela  on  a  aussi  ajonte  ici  un  V^oyage  Oui  contient  une 
Relation  exacte  (.le  TOrigine,  ^Iouers,  Coutumes,  Religion, 
Guerres  iV  \'oyag<;s  des  Caribcs,  Sauvages  des  Isles  Antilles 
de  I'Ameriqne,  Faite  par  le  Sieur  De  La  i»orile,  luiiidoyc  a  la 
Conversiou  et  des  Caribes,  Et  tiree  du  Cabinet  de  M.  liion- 
del.  A  La  Haye,  Che/  Jean  Kitto,  Maichand  Libraire,  dens 
le  Spuy-straet.     170].. 

i2mo.  Two  titles,  onv  engi-.ived,  (Mie  printed,  jtp  (32)  On.^.. 
(^2).     2  maj)^,  6  plates. 


FR1-:XC11.         1704.         N.  D  * 

Same  titles,  with  the  imj^nnt  A  Lenle:  Chv/.  Pierre  \  :iii  d^r 
Aa.     M  D  CC  1\  . 


•     ^'3 

FRKNCH.        1704.        N.  D  * 

Voya.^re  on  Nouvelle  Decouvei  te  dun  tres  ^^rand  pavs,  dans 
1  A.nenquc  c.itrc  ic  Nouveau  Mexique  et  la  Mer  ('ilacialc 
har  le  K.  I\  L„u.s  Hennepin,  Avec  toutes  les  part.cularit/  de 
CO  \  ais,  cS;  de  celui  connu  sons  le  nom  de  La  Louisiane  •  les 
advantages  ciu'on  en  pent  tirer  par  retablissement  des  G^lo- 
n.es  ennchie  de  Cartes  (ieographKiues.  Augmente  de  quel- 
qi.es  hgures  en  taille  douce.  Avec  un  voyage  Oui  contient 
une  ivelation  exacte  de  TOrigine,  Moeurs.  Contnmes,  Reli<rion 
C.ucn-es  c^  \^)yages  des  Caraibes,  Sauvages  «les  isles  Antilles 
de  1  Anienciue,  Faite  par  ie  Sieur  de  la  Borde,  Tiree  dn  Cabi- 
net  de   Monsr   Blondel.  ^  Emblem.      A    Amersterdam,  chez 

Adnaan  Braakman.     AFDCCIV.     Marchand  Libraire  pres  le 
Dam.  ^ 

•  --,  pp{34)  604.(32)  493-  Printed  293.  2  maps,  engraved 
and  printed  titles.  plat(  s  and  maps. 

Besides  the  plates  of  the  Falls  of  Niagara,  the  Buffalo,  (hr 
Monstrance,  taking  goods  from  a  Cache,  the  view  of  the 
building  ol  the  -  Griffon  -  appears  for  the  f^rst  time,  a.  an  en- 
gravmg.  Hennepin  ends  at  page  516,  and  then  the  "  \'ova<re 
qui  Content,"  ending  at  page  604.  ,    " 

FRENCH.         ,711.        N.  D.  * 

Voyages  Curieuvc  et  Nouveauv  de  Messieurs  Hennepin  c\ 
J)ela  Borde.  On  Ton  voit  une  Description  tres  Farticuliere 
d'un  Grand  I'ays  dans  TAmerique,  entre  le  Nouveau  Mexicpic,' 
A:  la  Mer  Glaciale.  avec  une  Relation  Curieuse  des  Caraifx's 
Sauvagrs  des  Isles  Antilles  de  rAmeriquc,  leurs  Moeur.. 
Contemes.  Religion  ^c.  Le  toute  accompagae  des  Cartes  cV 
hgures  necessa.res.  I-mblcm.  A  Amsterdam.  Aux  depens  de 
la  Compagnie.     MDCXl. 

1J-.     Title  oblong,  and    i)rinted.     Same    misprint,  20;    for 
493- 


* 


FRENCH.         1712.         N.  D. 

Voyage  on  Nouvelle  Decouverle  d'un  ties  grand  Pais,  dans 

I  Amcnque  cntre  la  Nouveau    Mexique  et    la  Mer  Glaciale. 


64 

Par  R.  I'.  l.Duis  Hennei)in.  Avec  touts  les  particularitez  dc 
cc  Pais,  iV  dc  cclui  connu  sous  le  nom  de  la  Louisian  ciu'on  cii 
pcuL  tircr  par  I'etahlissiiK'nt  dcs  colonies  ciirichic  dcs  cartes 
Cieo^'rapliiques.  Aut^mentc  de  quekpies  t'lj^ures  en  taille 
douce  avec  un  N'oya'^'c  (]ui  contient  nne  relation  exacte  de 
r()ri<;ine,  iMoenrs,  Coutumes,  Reli^^ion,  Ciuerres  et  voyaj^es 
des  Caraibcs,  Sauvages  de?  isles  Antilles  dc  I'Anierique. 
Faite  par  Ic  Sicur  de  la  Borde.  Tirce  du  Cabinet  de  Mousr 
Blondcl.  Pmbleni.  Amsterdam,  cbez  Jac(]ues  Desbordes, 
Libraire  vis-a-vis,  la  Grande  Porte  de  la  Bourse.  1712. 
'  12^.  Title,  dedication  ( 1 1.)  avis  an  lecteur  f  13)  table  (9)  pp 
604.     Table  de  matieres  32.     Map,  6  plates. 

GERMAN.         1720.         N.  D.  * 

Aussfuhrliclie  Ilistorische  und  (ieo^raphische  Besclirei- 
buni;  dess  am  deni  grossen  Flusse  .Mississipi  in  Nord  America 
gelen<;-en  herrlichen  Landes  Louisiana:  In  welches  die  neu- 
auli^erichtete  Fran/osicshe  grosse  Indianische  Compat^nie 
C'olonien  /u  sebicken  augesangen  :  worbed  /ui^leich  Reflex- 
ionen  iibei'  die  weitliinans  schende  Detfeins  gedachter  com- 
pajj;nie,  und  des  d.aiiiber  cnt  standen  action.  Ilandelserdffnet 
werden 

i")ritte  aushiiT  mil  neuen  Benlas^cn  und  Anmerchnugen  per- 
mehner.     Leipsi/      1720. 

12^  pp  (2)  80.  Map  of  Lovisiana  am  Fluss  Missisippi,  with 
a  cut  of  "  Dcr  C(jmpa<^nie  Wappen." 

FRENCH.         1720.         N.  D.  * 

Relations  de  la  Louisiane  et  du  Fleuve  Mississipi.  ou  Ton 
voit  I'etat  tie  ce  i^raiid  Pais  iS:  les  advantai^es  (pi'il  pent  i)ro- 
diure  &.C. 

A  Amsterdam.     Chez  Jean  Frcdcricli  Bernard. 
M  D  CC  XX. 


/ 


ENGLISH. 


1 720. 


N.  D. 


A  Discovery  ol  a  Larjj^e,  Rich  and  Plentiful  Country  in  the 
North  America;    extending  above  4000    Leagues.     Wherein, 


/ 


65 

By  a  very  short,  P;issagc,  lately  found  out.  thro'  the  Mor-Bar. 
inejo  into  the  South  Sea;  by  which  a  considerable  Trade 
nii^irht  be  carryVl  on,  ;is  well  in  the  Northern  as  the  Soutliern 
Tarts  of  America.  London:  rrinteii  for  W.  Borehani,  ;ii 
the  An<i:el  m  I'ater-Nostei  Row. 

^^  PP  <-•)  PP  24,  then  comes  17  to  22   inclusive      (2)  list   of 
new  books  by  W.  Boreham. 


I  FRENCH.         1720.        La.  * 

La  Nouvellc  France,  on  la  description  de  la  Louisiane, 
connue  sous  le  iio!->i  de  Mississipi,  nouvellement  deouverte  par 
ordre  du  Roy  Avec  les  incurs  et  la  maniere  de  vivre  des 
Sauvages,  et  les  premieres  habitations  de  nos  Francois.  A 
Paris.     Chevclier  Bon  Reposa. 

12".     i)p:   5-89-80. 


DUTCH. 


172. 


N.  D. 


Nieuwc  Ontdekkinj;-,  van  <;roote  Lande  in  Amerika,  tuss- 
chcn  Nieuw-Mexico  en  de  Ys-Zee.  (Same  as  the  Edition  of 
1702,  to  the  word  Capin.)  Met  Kaarten  en  Kopere  j'laat. 
Amsterdam   1722.     4to. 


FREN(MI, 


'/-?• 


D'un  !*ays  Plus  grand  (|ui   I'Europe   situ('   dans  I'Amerique 
(\'ol.  5,  3d  V.(l.) 

Amsterdam.     Chez  Jean  Fr-cderich  Bernard.  1725. 


11<I-:NCIL        1727         N.  L).  « 

Dec()u\ert  d'wi  Pays  plus  grand  due  ITinrope,  situe  dans 
rAmerKpie  cntre  le  Nouveau  Me\i(|uc  iS:  la  >[er  (Tlaciale. 
Tome  V.     A  Amsterdam  jean  Frederich  Bernard. 

12''  pp  (2.)  461  (10.)  map. 


FRENCH. 


1727. 


N.  D. 


Nouvellc    DecouverL   Dun   I 'ays    plus  grand  de    I'Europe, 
situedans  1' Amerique.     A   Amsterdam,  chez  Jean  Frederich 


66 

Bernard.     Printed  in  \\)1   11.  Ciarcilaso  dc    la  \  tga,  llistoiic 
des  Incas. 

4'  PP-  48.  (3)- 

FRENCH.         ,;34.         N.  V. 

X'oyagc  en  uii  I'ays  pluN  i^rand  que  I'Europc,  entre  la  Mcr 
(ilacial  ilv^  le  Nc»uveau  Mexi(]ue.  Far  le  P.  Hennepin  ;  Printed 
in  Kecuil  de  Voyages  an  Nord,  coiiteiinnt  Divers  Menioires 
tres  ntiles  an  loninierce  A:  a  la  Navigation.  Tome  \^.  Trois- 
ienu'  Edition  angniente  d'nn  Relatit)n. 

A  Amsterdam  chez  Jean  I-'redericli   liei  iiard. 
WDCCXXXIW 
1-°  pp.  19;.  370. 

FRENCH.         1737. 
Same  title,  and  |>ul)lisiied  as  N.  I),  of   i7--'7. 

FRI-NCH.         1737  and   17VS. 
Same  title,  and  published  as  N.  ! ).  ol    17J7. 

GERMAN.         1739.         N.  !). 

Nene  Reise  neschreibuMi^  nai.  h  Aniei  ic;i,  nnd  drrcr  bisher 
n:/(.h  nnbekaiidten  Landei  nnd  \'()lcker.  vornemlicli  von  der 
Landscliallt  LtA'isiana.  nnd  den  Sittcn  und  Lebcns  .\rt  dew 
Wilden  in  selbiger  Landsehalft.  Aus  dem  l"raiiz(>sischen 
iibersetzt  und  mit   Kupfern  ge/iert. 

Niirnberg,  Ini  \'erlag  Christ.  Fried.  I' .-is/e.      1739. 

iS',  i)p  4J5.     2  maps. 

GERMAN.         1 742.         N.  D.  * 

Reisen  nnd  seltsahme  Begebenheitcn ;  Oder  sonderbare 
Enldeekung  vieler  sehr  grossen  Liinder  in  America.  W'elche 
bis;^hero  no(4i  unbeckrmnt  gcwcsen.  nnd  an  Grosse  gani/ 
Ivaropa  iibert lessen,  aus  dem  b'ranzosischcn  iil)erert/A.  Mit 
Land-charten  und  K\i[)fern. 

Bremen,  l)e\    Nathanael  Saurmaim.      1742. 

18'  PP  (jo)  3^'-:.  2  maps,  and  plate  of  the  Falls  of  Niagara. 
Maps  dated  Bremen,  1698  and  K'kjq  respectively. 


6- 


1 8o4 


Andrew  EUicott's  Journal,  publ'slu-d  in  1S04.  In  the  preface 
speaks  of  Ifennepinand  La  Salle,  also  (piotcs  from  the  Lon- 
don edition  of    iTkjS. 


l.Sij. 


Ill  Major  Amos  Stoddard's  "  Sketches  of  Louisiana,"  T'liila. 
1812,  pp  15  to  24,  in  a  historical  desciiption  of  Louisiana, 
i;ives  extracts  from  Hennepin's  work      Svo. 

1820.  * 

Tn  volume  I  of  "  ArchoeIou;ia  Americana,"  puhlislied  at 
Worcester,  Mass..  pp  61  to  104.  inc.,  extracts  are  m;ul(-  !rom 
"New  \'ovair(>;'  etc..  and  isthelii>t  pa|)er  in  the  volume.    8vo. 

1834.  ^ 

A  ALanua!  for  the  use  of  \'isitors  to  the  Falls  of  Niai^-ara. 
etc.,  by  Joseph  Wentworth  luirraham.  Buffalo,  N.  \'., 
Charles  I^\a.\'on.      Pa.  iS.      iS"". 

'^35-  * 

A  (uiiilc  to  Travelers  visitin^^  the  Falls  of  Niaj,^ara.  bv  Mo- 
ratio  A.  I^arsons.  Fa.  5.->.  2(\  Edition.  F>iiffalo/N.  N'.,  ().  G. 
Steele.      18'. 


■      1836. 

Tlie  Bo(jk  o(  Niaj^ara  I'alls,  bv  II.  A.  Parsons. 
Edition.     HnMalo,  N.  V.,  ().  G.  Steele.     18'. 


* 


^.(1 


1838.  * 

The   Tourist,  or   pocket    Manu.i!    for   tiavelcrs.   etc.      X(>u- 
\'ork.     Pa.  56.      iS\ 

The  Falls  of  Nia^-ara,  or   f.ravelers   uinde,  etc.,  bv   Samuel 
l)e  \'e:iu\-.      Buffalo,  N.  V.      Pa.  20.      18  \ 


r.s 
I S40.  * 

Steele's  Book  of  Nia.s^ara  Falls.  Buffalo,  N.  V.,  ().  G. 
Steele.     Pa.  54.     fth  lidition.     iS',    , 

1841.  * 

The  Travelers  own  IJook,  etc.  Buffalo,  N,  V.  Fa.xon  \ 
Read.     Pa.  i  n,.     18". 

1842.  * 

Pictorial  Ciuide  to  the  Falls  of  Niaj^ara,  etc.,  by  J.  \V.  Orr. 
Buffalo,  N.  Y.     Salisbur)  <S:  Clapf).     Pa.  201.     18^. 

1844. 

Every  Man  his  own  Guide  to  the  Falls  of  Niat^ara,  by  T. 
G.  Hulett.  4th  Edition.  Buffalo,  N.  Y.  Faxon  cS:  Co.  Pa. 
11.     18". 

1845.  * 

Pictorial  Guide  to  llie  Falls  of  Niaij;ara,  etc  ,  bv  J.  W .  Orr. 
Buffalo,  N.  Y.     Salisbury  &  Clapj).     Pa.  201.     18'. 

1845. 
Description  of  Niagara,  from  various  sources,  etc.,  l)y  Wil- 
liam Barliam.     Gravesend,  England.     Pa.  86.     410. 

1845. 
Travels  in  ^Jortli  America  in  the  years  1841-42,  by  Charles 
Lyell,  F.  R.  S.     \'ol.  i.  pa.  28.     With  a  fac-similie  view  of  the 
Falls,  from  edition   of   i'')97.     New    York.     Wiley  iV   Putnam. 

12°. 

1848.  * 

Steele's  Book  of  Niagara  I'\'ills,  etc.  Buffalo,  N.  Y.  Oliver 
G.  Steele.     Pa.  56.     12'. 

1848.  * 

Niagara,  a  Poem,  by  Rev.  C.  II.  .\.  Bulkley.  New  York. 
Leaviit.  Trow  .'v  Co.     Pa.  i;/).     8^ 

1849.  * 
Pioneer  History  of  the   Ilc'land   Puichase,  by  O.  Turner. 

Buffalo,  N.  Y.     Pp.  134.  193.4.     4to. 


Gj 


iS^o. 


Minnesola  Historical  Collections.     \',.l.  i,  pp.  ^oj.  :;! :;.     ^t... 


1850. 


New  Guide  Book  of  Niaoaia  Falls,  lor  Stran-crs,  bv  (too. 
11.  Ilackstaff  (editor  of  the  "  Iri.-,,'  of  Niauarai.  NiaL-ara 
Falls.  X   V.     I 'a.  jy.     l2^  ' 


1.S51, 


Louisiana,  its   Colonial    liistMry   and    Romanic,  hv    diaries 
(Jayarrc.     New  \\)ik.     Pp.  z^j.  35.     4to. 


1851.  « 

History  (^f  the   Pioneer  Settlement   of   Phelps  and   (i(,rii: 
Purchase,  by  ().  Turner.      1^.24.29.     410. 


im 


1851.  * 

New  Guide  Book  of  Nia^rara  Falls,  for  Strano-ers,  bv  Geo. 
H.  Hackstaff  (editor  of  tlie  "Iris,"  of  Niauani)  Nia^-ara 
Falls,  N.  Y.     Pa.  29,      i2\  ^'  "" 

1851.  * 

Peck's  Tourist's  Companion  to  Nia<;-ara,  etc.     Buffalo  N   \' 
VV.  B.  cV  C.  E.  Peck.     Pa.  135.     12"-. 

1S52.  '^ 

History  of   Buffalo,  b\    Chas.    \\  Dwyer.     Hall  tV   Mooney 
Pp-  1  I.  iT).     8\ 

1852.  * 
The  Ontario  .S:  St.  Lawrence  Steam  Boat  Co.'s  Hantl   I5ook 

for  Travelers  to  Nia^rara,  etc,  l)y  J.  Van  Cleve.  Bulfalo,  N. 
Y.  Jewett,  Thomas  cV  Co.  Geo.  H.  Derby  \-  Co.  Pa.  59. 
12'. 

1852.  * 

Every  .NLin  his  own  (hiide  at  Niag-ara  Falls,  by  F.  IF  John- 
son.    Buffalo,  N.  V.     Phinnev  iV  Co.     Pa.  33.     12'. 


;o 
1852.  * 

Discovery  ami  l':x()lorati()n  of  the  Mississippi  Valle\-,  by 
John  Gilmary  Shea.     New  \'ork.     Redtield. 

Commencinj:,'-  on  paoe  10;,  eliding;  on  [)a,i,^e  163.  is  the  narni- 
Live  of  the  voyage  to  the  uj^per  >iississippi,  hv  Father  Louis 
Hennepin,  translated  from  iiis  "  Description  dc  la  Louisiane." 
Paris,  168^.     4to. 

Every  Man  his  own  Guide  at  Niagara  Falls.  In'  l\  II.  John- 
son.    Buffalo,  N.  Y.     Phinnev  i?i:  Co.      Fa.  rv      i-''. 

1853.  * 

Flackstaffs  New  (hiide  Hook  of  Niagara  Falls.  Niagara 
Falls,  N.  V.     VV.  E.  Tunis  cV  Co.     Fa.  63.     12'. 

1856.  * 

A  Guide  for  every  Visitor  to  Niagara  Falls,  etc.  Buffalo. 
N.  v.,  Fhinney  cVi  Co.     .\nd  Niagara   Falls,  A.  IF  Curtis      Pa' 

35- 


! 


1862. 


The   History  of  Erie  County,  l>a.,   by   Laura   G.   Sanlord. 
i'hdadelphia.  Pa.     J.  B.  Lippincott  i\-  Co.     Pp.  3;.5.(io)     8\ 


1863. 


Guide  to  Niagara  Falls  and  its  Scenery,  etc.,  bv  F.  II.  John- 
son.    Philadelphia,  Pa.     (Jeo.  VV.  Childs.     Pa.  .>,S.     I3^" 


1 864. 
Same  title  and  observations.     Pa.  j8.     12' . 


* 


1 864.  *     • 

-Buffalo  and  the  Senecas."  bv  William   Ketchum.     Vol    r 
pp.  51.  68.     4to. 

1868.  * 

The  Falls  of  Niagara,  being  a  comi)lete  guide,  etc.     Lon- 
•lon.      P.  Xelson  cV  Sons.     Pa.  6.     12  =  . 


7« 

'1  ums's  Topo^-iaphical  ;ii\(l  I'ii  torial  (luidc  to  Niaf^Mia  l''alls, 
cl.c.     Detroit,  Mii:li.,  and  Nia,!;ai-a  Fulls,  N.  Y.     I'a.  f)4,     ij\ 

1 870.  * 

Dccouvcrtfs  ct  Ivtablissmcnts  de  C^-ivclitr  Dc  La  Salle.  Do 
Rouen.  Dans  L'Anuri(|ue  du  Nord.  (Lacs  Ontario.  l<;rii', 
Huron,  Michigan,  Vallees  de  I'Ohio  ct  du  Mis.sissii)|)i,  et. 
Texas. 1  Far  Gabriel  Gravicr,  Mcmbre  dc  la  Sociefic  de 
I'FIistoric  dc  Norniandie.  Faris.  ^Laissoll  neuvc  ct  cic.  Li- 
braire  Editeure  15  (.Juai  \Mjltaire,  1870. 

I'p  (4)  (4)  portrait  de  La  Salle,  his  coat  of  arms  j  plans  pj* 
35^-  (37-)  ('7-)  '"If'  "  Carte  de  la  Louisiatic."    4to. 

i87(.  * 

Guide  to  Niai^ara  Falls,  and  its  Scenery,  by  V.  Fl.  .Inhnson. 
Fhiladeli-hia.     Geo.  W.  Childs      Fp.  27.  72.     12'. 

1S72.  * 

Nia,i;ara,  its  History  and  Gcolo;,^-,  Incidents,  Foctrv,  rMt., 
byGco.  W.  HoUey.     New  York.     Sheldon  cV  Co.     Fa.  17.   12'. 

1872.  * 

•    The  Early  Out-Fosts  of    Wisconsin,  by   Daniel  S.  Durric, 

Librarian  State  Historical  Society.      Paper  read  Dec.  26th, 
12  pp.     Faniphlct. 

1874.  * 

Horner's  Buffalo  and  Niagara  Falls  Ciuide,  eic.  Buil.ilo, 
N.  Y.     W.  T.  Horner,  A.  M.     Pa.  63.     i?.\ 

1874.  * 

Tunis's  Guide  Book,  Niagara.  Montreal,  etc.  F)etroit. 
Mich.     VV.  E.  Tunis.     Fa.  64.     12  =  . 

1876.  •      * 

CenteiHiial  History  of  Erie  County,  New  York,  by  Chris- 
field  Johnson.     Pp.  38.  44.     8°. 


I 


History   of  St.  \\ni\,    Minn,,  by  j.   I- 
;.  _'5.     .S\  • 


Ictchrr   Williams.      I'li 


1 


1S7S. 
A   ropular   History  of  tlic   United   .States,  by   Win.  Ciillcn 
Bryant    and    Sidney    Howard    (iay.      New    York.      C^liarles 
Scribncr's  Sons      I'p.  511-514,  Hennepin  and  La  Salle.     I'a. 
51 1,  fac-siniile  of  the  (iriffon. 

1879.  * 
Discovery    and    C{)n(|ucsts  of    the    North-West,   bv    Knfns 

Ulanchard.     VVhealon,  III.     Pp.  24.  53.     8\ 

1880.  * 
A   !)escri|)li()n    ol    Louisiana,  by  Father   Louis    Hennepin, 

Recollect  .Missionary.  Translated  Irom  the  edition  of  i^Sj;, 
and  compared  with  the  Nouvelle  Decouverte,  the  La  Salle 
documents,  and  other  contemporaneous  |)apers.  Hy  John 
(iilmary  Shea.     New  York.     John  (1.  .Shea. 

8'  |)p.  408.  Map,  fac-siniile  of  title  to  edition  of  168,3. 
Fac-simile  view  of  the  Falls  of  Niaii^ara,  from  the  edition  of 
1697. 

1880.  « 

Bi-Centenary  Celebration  held  at  Saint  Paul,  Minn,  Satur- 
day, July  3tl.  Oration  delivered  by  Ex-Governor  Cushman 
K  Davis.  Published  in  Sunday  GloLje,  Vol,  3,  No.  186,  July 
4th.     S'.     Pamphlet  and  newspa])er. 


:> 


1880. 
Edward  I).  Neill  "  VVritinj^s  of   Hennepin."     A  jjaper  read 
belore  the  Historical  Society  of  Minnesota,  in  November. 

1880. 

hi  the  "  Deutsche  Pioneer,"  August  and  October,  by  H.  A. 
Rafferman.  ' 


.« 


n 


I  fSSi ). 


Sprciiil    l^t|.()ii    .il    tlu    New    \-nik    St.ilc    Siirvcv,  .,11    (Im 
I'lvscrvatiMii  ol   ihc  ScciaTy  ot    Nia^ar.i    l-'alls.  cti  ..hv  |aMic->; 
I".  (.atdiKT,   Director.     Marcl)   jjd.     Albany,  N.  N'.  '  Assem- 
blv  Doc.  Xo.  S6.     s\ 


1881, 


The-    ['reservation    <.!    Nia^Mra    l-alls.    I)v    I  lent  v    \<.n„;,„. 
New  York.     ( I'a.  o.  I  Irnnei.in^      I'aini.hlcl.      Tp.  V).     S. 


1 88  J.  * 

Annals   ol     1-ort    Mackinac,  by   Dwij^ht    1 1.    Kelton.   I'.  S. 
Army.       C'hica.i^^o.       I""ci-<;us   rrinfint;-  Co.     \'y.    111.  (j;.,    .;  ^. 


;^ 


l88,^  - 

Allen's  lllnstiated  duulc  to  .\iai,^ara,  1)\    II.  T.  \\\c\\.     \\\\\ 
lalo,  N.  ^■.     The  Courier  Co.     I'a.  .jS  to  58.     \i. 


1S83. 

Notes  on   Niai^-ara.     lllnsfrated.     Chicago.     R.  Lespinasse, 
pnblisher.      I'a.  21,  Hennepin  \'ie\v.     _jto. 


18S4.  «• 

lllustialed  Uuide   to  Niagara    I-alls.     Chica<n).   111.     Rand, 
McNally  cS:  Co.     I 'a.  15.     i_-. 


1885. 


The  Complete   II  lust  rated   Guide  to   Niagara  Falls  and  \\ 
cinitv.     I'a.  11.12'. 


1885.  " 

Tugby's  Illustrated  Guide  to  Niagara  Falls,  etc.     Niagara 
Falls.     Thomas  Tngbw     I'a.  40.      u'. 


;4 

1SS5.  * 

TlicCiicil  C'.il.ir.ict  llliislKitrd,  hv  K.  Lrs|iinassr.  Cliic.i;,^), 
111.  (i.  W.  Onilvii'.  I')..  i(.,  1;,  IS.,  with  .1  liif-siiuiU' uf  I*;iils, 
liMiii  |ti-iiiL  I,,    \(>i)~, 

1.SS5.  * 

The  C''iiii|.U'lc'   lllustr;itcil   (mule  to  Ni.ij^rnni    l'*alls  iiiul  \'i 

ciiiiiy.     Niaj;ara  Falls,  N.  Y.     (Jazcttc  rriiitiii-   lloiisr.     Ta. 
I  1.  IJ.      ij'. 

rSS;.  * 

Tlic  Historical  Wiil  injurs  ol   Orsaimisll.  Marsliaii.     Alliaiiv. 
J(.)cl  Muiiscll  s  Sons.     S' . 

18S7.  * 

Nia^Mia  and  lUyoiKJ.      Miclii-an  C'rntral    K.  K.  (  o.      Uand, 

McNally   A-   Co..  (/liica.uo.    III.      I'p.    1^5.      I'a.  k.,^,    I  IrniK.-pin 
\'i('\v.     .).t,o. 


Ti-avcls  in  Anicrica.     Dt-ni.  Kt-vicw.  5:    !(,(>,  ,i8i. 
(J.  II.  iV'ikins).  N.  Am.,  .4S:  ;o,     40:  J5.S. 
(VV.  F.  I'oolc),  Dial  .  1  :  J3^ 

Never  in  Albany.     I  listorical  Ma<;azine.  10:  .?(.S,  * 

Wisconsin   Historical  Collections,    i:  66.      5:    107,    loN,    no, 
i.?o.     6:181.      10:  jS:;,  j86.  '  * 


I-older  issued  1)\  the  New  \' uvk  Stale  Reservation,  lor  the 
US''  ol  N'isitors  to  the  Falls  of  Nia^rara.  I  leiinepiu's  \ic\v 
and  description. 


I.S.jl, 


Nia.-^^ara  and  Chantau'iua.  Issued  by  the  Western  New 
^■orlv  tSt  I'ennsylvania  Railioad  Co.  ihiff.llo,  N.  \'.  illustrat- 
ed,    Wenborne-Sunnier  (j),      ij'. 


lilRLIOCKAniY  OI'  l..\  SALI.Ii. 


IKKNC'II.        ir,,,;. 

I  )rr  nicri.'s  il('i.c)ii\  crtcs  dans  I'  \m.'iii|iic  .-.ciMint  i  ioiialc  dv  M 
(Ic  Lu  Salle,  Miscs.iii  jour  pai  M  l.c  Cluvalii'i  'lonii  (ioiiv- 
enicur  (111  Ion  Saint  i^ouisaiiv  Illinois,  liniblcni.  A  I'.iiis 
an  I'alais,  die/  .lean  ( inii^iiai d.  a  rentree  <\''  la  (irand  Salle,  a 
I'inia.ije  Saint  Jean.  M  .  I  H  "  L.\  X  .\  .\  \' 1 1  ,\vf(  Privilege 
(in  R()\. 

rp  i.  2. 3iv  13-  ('■    '-''■ 


[•:\(iLi.sii, 


l'')(;S. 


An  account  ot  .Monsieur  de  La  Salle's  last  (.-xpedil  ion  ;nid 
(lisco\eries  in  North  America.  Pr^jsented  to  the  hreiicli 
Kinij;  and  |)id)lislied  by  C'tu>velier  Tonti,  Ciovi'rnor  ol  I"'ort 
Saint  l.t)uis  in  the  Province  ol  thi'  Illinois.  Made  Knglisli 
from  the  Paris  ori^-inal.  London,  publislied  for  J.  Ton.son  at 
the  Judij;-cs  Head,  and  S.  HuckU  at  the  l)ol])hin  in  Meet 
Street,  and  L  Knajjlock  ;it  the  Aiig'el  ainl  Crown  in  Saint 
Pauls  C'linrcli  \'ar(l.      KkjS. 

\2'-.      pp  J  I  1.  4.|. 

Fi<E\C"ll.-       171^,.  * 

Journal  Histoiiipie  du  di'rnier  vovaLCe  tpie  feu  .M.de  la  .Sale 
sit  dans  le  (iolte  de  iMe.viciue,  pour  tioii\er  renibourcluiie,  iS: 
le  cours  dc  la  kiviere  de  Missicipi,  iiommee  a  present  la  Ri- 
\iere  de  Saint  Loiiis,  cjui  tiaveise  la  Louisiane.  Oii  i'on  \()it 
I'Historie  tragicpie  de  sa  niort,  iV  I'lnsieurs  choses  (airieuses 
du  nou\eau  nionde.      Par   .\[oiisii'iii    .'ouiel,  I'liii   des  Compai;'- 


nous  (K  I  c  \'()\  ayr.  i  i'(lii;('  i\  mis  cii  niili  c  pai'  Mi  (iisn'iir  I  )c' 
^IiclleI.  Eiiililciii.  A  r.iiis,  cluv  [tstit  nnc  Kohinol,  l.ihi  lire, 
()ii;i\-  iV  attfiiaiil  la  I'oitc  di' .  iiiands  .\iii.>,ustins.  ,'i  1' Aiii^c 
(iardic'ii.  M  !)('('  Xlll.  Axtt  Approbation  i\  l\i\ilct;r 
du  Roy. 

\2'.  I^ccturc  and  approbation  (.2S)  License  to  pnblish  {},). 
I'l-il'acc  (  lo)  -,;  I .  Tablo(;.i  Oiij^inal  laruT  loldin^-  map.  wilii 
a  cut  ot   tl'.c  I'llls  ()l    Nia^aia  in  tlic  ;i|ip(.'r  U  It  hand  cornel'. 

I-\r.LISII.         i;i4.  * 

A  Jonrnal  ol  the  last  voyai^c  perlisinied  b\-  Moiisr  de  la 
Sale,  to  the  (iulph  ol  Mexico,  ti;  fmd  out  tlieinoutli  ol  the 
Missisipi  Isiver;  eontamini;"  an  account  ol  the  sett  lemeiits  lie 
endeavour'd  to  make  on  the  Coast  ot  the  aforesaid  Hay.  his 
iuih)rtunati'  Death,  and  liie  Traxcls  oi  his  Companions  lor  the 
S|)ac'?  t»f  Kii^iti  llimdred  Leay'ues  across  that  Inland  Conn!  r\ 
ol  America,  now  call'd  l^oui-iana,  (and  i;"i\'en  by  the  Kin<;' of 
France  to  M.  Cro/at.i  ;ill  they  came  into  Canada. 

\V;ilIen  m  Fieach  by  Monsieur  loutil,  a  Commandei'  in 
that  Iv\|  ei.liiiou ;  and  Iranslateii  Iroin  the  Edition  just  pub- 
lish'd  al  Paris,  with  an  e\act  map  ol  tluit  yast  Countr\-,  and  .i 
Copy  Ol  tiv  Letters  I 'ati'nts  granted  b\-  the  K.  ol  Iraiu'e  to 
^L  Cro/al.  Ion  Ion,  iV'inied  to;-  A.  Dell  at  the  Cross-Keys 
and  Bible  in  (.'oiniiill,  15.  Lintott  a!  the  Cross-Keys  in  I'leet 
streei.  and   i.  Baker  in  Fater-Noster  Row,   1714. 

Syo.  Tin'  I'n'iich  Bookseller  to  the  reader  and  re|)l\  (Ji.) 
Freface  (S.i  .\d\  lo  tite  liritish  <;entr\-  u .)  (  )rioinal  map 
iroin  ihe  Faris  edit  lou       p[)  _'■  15        index  (3,) 


1S38. 

\'o\ai;es  and  enterpiises  pour  leu  M  Robert  Ca\elier  Sieur 
tie  la  Salle.  t.tc.  .A'Mante.  Me  La  Fres.M'  Cjamoiss'  de  jean- 
marie  .Shea.     Translation   01    -ame    in    .Shea's    l<larl\-  N'oyajres. 

.\lliaiiy,   iS')i .      I  'p.  1  ^,  4j. 

1X30. 
I  he  lJe\  lis  I  lole,  With  .m  account    ol   a  \  isit    inadr    to  it    in 
i'i;(j:   bv  Robert    Cayeliei-   de    la   .Salle,   to    which    is   added  a 


I 


I  / 


inomr.ir  of  the  lilc  of  La  Salle,  |,v  Ndson  Colt.  4M1  Hditioii- 
Niao-ara  C'itw  I'liDtcd  l)\  X.  T.  Ilackstan.  at  llic  Herald 
OHicc.      1X39.      18   .     \\).  16. 


1879.  * 

The  Ilurstin,--  of  Pierre  Mar^ry's  I.a  Salle  Hiibhlc,  1)\-  Jolui 
(iilmaiy  Shea.  (Reprinted  from  ihe  New  N'oik  Freeraan's 
Joiinial.i  New  York.  T.  \\.  Sidehot  ham.  printer,  jX  I5eek- 
maii  St.      l'anT])hh-t.     J4  ])p. 

1 889.  * 

Ceremonies  altendini,^  llie  unveiiiiii;-  of  the  Statue  of 
I'Johert  Cavalier  di>  la  Salle,  at  Lincoln  I 'ark,  Chic  aj^ro,  Octo- 
ber i.:lh,  1880.  Chicago.  111.  Kmuhi  a  Leonard  Co..  Print- 
ers,    .[to.      I 'p.  ?_-\. 

This  niomiiuent  was  erected  at  the  expense  of  the  Hon. 
Lambert  Tree,  late  minister  to  lli  usseLs  and  St.  Petersburi:. 

I'RLNC  II.         18S0.  * 

Le  \'ieii\  Lachine  el  le  .Massacre  i\\\  ■;.  .Xont  H'So.  Con- 
ference donnee  devant  la  jjaroisse  de  Lachine,  le  o  .\(uit  i,S8o. 
pai-  Desire  (iirouaid,  Con.seil  fie  la  Reim ,  (K)Cteur  en  Droit, 
depute.  Montreal  Cie  d  Inrprinuere  et  de  Lithographie 
Gebluirdt.  Herthiaunie,  N(<,  :;;>.  rue  St  Gabriel.  I'p  76.  11- 
hislated.      1889.     >L'ip, 

I'.NdLISlL         18.JO.  * 

Canadian  Pen  and  I  nk  Sketc~hes,  bv  .lolm  l-'iaser.  Montreal. 
Montreal  ( ia/ette  Pi  ini  ini;  (  \).      1800.      Pp.  (  1 )(:;)(  j)  ^8<;.  , 

RNCLISII.  1890.  * 

The  Story  i>f  Tont\ .  by  .Mary  llaitwell  Catheiwood. 
Chicag-o    111.      MeCUiro-  \   (  o.      llUistrated       P]).  ?2,-. 

fR.  li.  Clarke.)     Catli.  World,  jo:  (jqo,  833. 

.\ecount  of   Anieric.m  Indians.      Mao;-.  ,\in.  His.,  J:   .738. 


78 
(I'-.  Jacker.)     Am.  Catli.  (  hiarterU-,  ;, ;  404. 
Mississippi.      DclJow,  J2:    13.  . 

f'^x|)C(liti()ii  of.     ((i.  Ellis.)     \.  All).,  no:  2''>o. 
Expedition  oi.     ,F.  l\irkmaii.)     N    Am.  ij:;  :  4J;. 
FxploiMtion  Miss.      M.  Am.  His.,  _- :   551. 
Last   [-".xpedifion.      West.  M.,  i  :    -07. 
Life  of.     (J.  .Sparks.)     Sparks'  Am.  IJioo-.,  ,,  ;    ,. 
Memoir  to  l-Vontenac,  1680.     His.  Mair..  5  :    i</). 
Rivers  and  Peoples  Discovered   l)v,   iGSi-.\     M.  Am.    His., 

,  Settlenieul.  in  Te  ;as,site  of.     ^J.  (t.  .Shea.)     !  fis.  M..  14  :  30.'=?. 
Robert  Cavelier.    (G.  Gravier.)      M.  Am.  His.,  S:   305. 
Did  he  discover  the  Aiississipp,       (P.  Mar-rv.)     Am.  Anfiq 

Did  he  discover  the  .Mississij^pi  :      M.  Am.  His..  8:    iS?. 

D-d  he  discover  (he  Mississij)pi  beiore  ir.-j  '     (H    H    Hi 
iHTt..     M.  W.  His..  5:  433.  '  V  -• 


ir 


Dal  he  discover  the  .Mississippi.'  iC.  W.  IJmterheki.i  M. 
\y.  His..  5  :   51.  ;-ji. 

Discovery  01  the  Ohio  River,  I70(>;o.  (C.  Whittlesee^ 
M.  W.  His.,  1:1.  ■' 

,   Memoir  of.     ^U.  H.  Hurlbcrt  )     .M.Am.  His..  8:  620. 

Wisconsin  Historical  (\)llections.  \'ol.  i:  66.  ..  ,0;,  n;, 
130.  5:3^^-  C':  I  Ml.  9*:  !  10- II  J.  119.  lo'^:  J84,  ^85'"  \So' 
}2i.^22.      n*:    15,29,33,66.  i-^. 


POSTSCRIPT. 


Since  the  above  has  been  pul  m  t  Vi)e  the  uiidcrsiguetl  has 
disposed  ol  his  entire  iXiagurann,  which  includes  all  works 
quoted  as  beini;  in  his  possessitm  in  the  above  list,  besides 
views,  maps,  ^aiide  books,  and  other  historical  matter  rehitin^- 
to  the  Fa. Is  and  its  vicinity,  to  Mr.  Peter  A.  Porter,  of  Niajrara 
Fa^  -   V,  Y. 

Ii  ..^  .'ith  re.y-rct  that  he  parts  with  his  collection,  (or  it  lias 
been  to  him  a  source  ol  L;real  en!0_vment,  and  as  an  otTset  to 
the  cares  ol  business:  but  he  is  ■.•ompeiisated  in  a  deiiree  by 
knowiiii;-  that  it  is  now  in  the  hands  ol  an  enthusiast,  and  wlio 
is  also  a  descendant  of  one  of  the  first  proprietors  of  the 
site  ol   Nia^-ara  P'alls,  on  the  American  side. 

As  the  writer  and  late  owner  is  now  Iree  to  express  himself, 
he  assures  the  reader  that,  with  the  collection  owned  bv  Mi. 
Porter  at  time  ol  pui chasing-,  he  has  now,  without  exception, 
as  lar  as  the  writei's  knowledue  extends,  the  most  complete 
and  unique  collection  of  this  kind  in  existence,  and  it  is  at 
the  place  where  it  properly  belonij^s,  and  where  it  is  to  be 
hoped  it  will  alway>  remain. 

CYi^US   K.  kfiMINCITON, 

493  Pros[)ect  Avenue. 
rUi'FAi.o,  N.  v.,  julv  13111.  iSyl. 


